FROM TODAY'S READING...
“Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back; in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.”
Frederick Beuchner (1926-2022)
American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian
Psalms 37:8 (NLT) Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper— it only leads to harm.
Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 (NLT) Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride. Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool.
Proverbs 14:29 (NLT) People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.
James 1:20 (NLT) Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.
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