"Be angry but do not sin; do not let your sun go down on your anger" (verse 26). I struggled with this verse today. Work is making me angry. My team has been working really hard to deliver a new product and today one of the users (making a mountain out of a mole hill) described it as "unuseable." I've been through this stuff before and in the end, most of the time the users can see where we were going and how the product does fulfill most of the needs and we compromise too so that in the end people are happy. Still, it is infuriating to work so hard and have things dismissed casually.
Anger is dangerous, but also a driving force. When blinded by anger, nothing is accomplished and sin lurks around the corner. But when you use your anger and turn it to ambition, not many people can stand in your way. The writer here knows that and knows that people are angry and that dismissing the anger as futile only makes people depressed or more frustrated. Embracing anger and channeling it through the Holy Spirit will generate passion. And with the anger properly vented, compassion and love follow.
Ok, so can I really practice what I preach?
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