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Frogs ... they're everywhere! ... in their homes, in their beds, in their bowls, in their ovens—everywhere! Yet, when Moses, God's messenger, comes to Pharaoh and asks when he'd like them removed, he says, "Tomorrow." Almost as if he were saying, "Just let me spend one more night with those frogs." How about you? Are there any frogs you're keeping around for another sleepover?
Wars, terrorism, viruses, riots and civil unrest, natural disasters, North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Ukraine, rapidly changing cultural shifts, and partisan politics. It seems like our nation and the world are spinning out of control. And if we put our trust in human institutions, people, living in the right country, winning elections, or having the right set of circumstances in our lives, we will never experience lasting peace. But there is a peace, a far superior kind of peace, that is available. It's not the peace of some idealized life without storms, losses, or hardships. It's a peace that can come in spite of them.
Anger … it’s a common, almost universal struggle. We get angry because we want to decide what’s right and what’s wrong for us! We want to control what goes on around us. Anger is not just an emotion. It’s an issue of the heart (Matt. 15.18-20). And when we are angry our tendency, instead of taking responsibility for it, is to make excuses, minimize it, or blame other people or our circumstances. We’ve touched on them in previous posts, but today, we’re going to talk about the two primary forms of anger and steps to overcoming it.
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