I found myself getting angry the other day. I was reminded by the word of God that he who has been merciless will be shown no mercy. It does seem like at times that no matter how well you are prepared for the day, your faith will be tested and your patience will be tried. In my reading I came across this and wanted to reprint it for whom it may concern:
“ What gives so much force to the impulse of anger is the overwhelming sense that the offender does not deserve forgiveness. That is, the grievance is so deep and so justifiable ( in our minds) that not only does self righteousness strengthen our indignation, but so does a legitimate sense of moral outrage. It’s the deep sense of legitimacy that gives our bitterness its unbending compulsion. We feel that a great crime would be committed if the magnitude of the evil we’ve experienced were just dropped and we let bygones by bygones. We are torn: our moral sense says this evil cannot be ignored and the word of God says we must forgive.” ( Faith in Future Grace page 265)
