I have read and heard lots of books, sermons and speeches that talk about anger. I have always reflected on my life and said, I don't have any of that anger, thank you God! But as I was going through the past book our SLI class had to read (Healing Life's Hurts by Graham Bretherick - I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this book, it is amazing and it shows you a lot!!!!) I found stuff. Through it, God pushed me deep into my past, to stuff that I had completely forgotten was there, to areas that were just seemingly minor things that angered me on the inside and I had just buried the anger. But the anger has slowing been coming out. I've questioned my mentor over the past months how to deal with these random bursts of anger. But now I see where the root of it is. I found seeming little things that have angered me in the past that my parents have told me, things that friends and peers have told me, even things I have told myself. I have found events in certain classes, or people comments and reactions to something I've said or believed. I've been shown how anger I get when driving and all sorts of stuff. Thank you God for showing me these things! Lord help me go back to these areas in my life and heal the wounds that have been made!
So excited for what you are learning, Joshua! I feel like I am just now starting to understand and deal with old emotional issues like this. Let God in to clean up the junk & lies, and then go forward free and alive!
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