with anger should come forgiveness

for those of you that know me i am a political junkie. i love politics, but it makes my blood boil. when i watch the news, or listen to talk radio for long periods of time i become so angry that i feel like some days a blood vessel is going to burst in my brain. i haven't been watching the news much this past week, because i needed to focus on getting better for my family and friends. anger is not the best medicine.

while anger comes in so many shapes and forms, i often wonder what makes a man and woman stay angry over long periods of time. i can look at someone sometimes and see how that anger has turned to bitterness and there is a loss to reason. i have some issues that i have never resolved in my heart that still weigh me down. i have tried over and over again to rid myself of these and give it to GOD. i think sometimes it becomes a security blanket to us to hold onto the past with such passion that once it is gone we will find the loss too great. i think we hold onto it hoping that someday there will be some sort of recognition from the other person that they were wrong. the funny thing about it is that they probably feel the same way you do - that they weren't wrong. i don't know if there is always a right and wrong, just two sides to every story.

i almost find when i relent and look in the mirror at myself i can find what i did wrong. i can see the mistake i made. most of us have such pride that we can't admit our mistakes, we would rather continue the fight until the end, or just continue it over and over again. one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is the release of letting go of the anger and forgive. GOD gives us so many words to help us fight the battle of anger. if we allow it to take over, then we will always be blind and we won't be able to see clearly. sometimes you just have to let it go..don't hang on, remember that the other person is just as human as you are.

"get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in CHRIST GOD forgave you." ephesians 4:31-32