"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul."
Proverbs 22:24-25
This struck me today, I think because it is easy to get angry sometimes, and it is something we could use a reminder about. We can't control the external circumstances, but we can choose how to react to them. In the Come, Follow Me lessons we've been reading about the time leading up to the crucifiction, and in that context, Christ's behavior as he was mistreated and ulitimately killed, when he had done nothing wrong, seems incredible. I typically get angry about things like that, and I need to learn more patience and faith, trusting that God knows what he is doing and that everything will work out for good in the end.
I'm not saying we should just live with abuse. If we have a way out of a situation like that, we should take it, and work with God to help us. I think God is just saying that anger isn't the best choice, no matter the circumstances. It's a trap/snare from Satan that we choose to fall into. We don't want to learn those ways or become angry people. Let's turn to God with our troubles, and work to be the best people that we can be, no matter what is currently going on around us.
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