...too small a thing...: Some Times You Just Need to Stop and Think

Scotty Davis

Scotty Davis is a Mission Consultant, a Biblical Counselor and a Police Chaplain. Scotty is married to Kathy since 1974 and they have 4 children.
Isaiah 49:6 tells the prophet he is to be a light to the nations, and so should each of us that know the grace of the Lord. This is indeed the greater task to which we should aspire. Isaiah was shortsighted and thought he was only a minister to the Hebrews but God said that task was ...Too Small A Thing... and that He would be a witness to the enitre earth. And so he wrote a book we read 2700 years later.

Some Times You Just Need to Stop and Think

I loved my anger management couse on Friday and Saturday. I think the title reflects the concept. Anger is something all of us will experiance as we go through life. Our control or response to anger is what makes us different. Do you control anger? Or does it control you?

We learn responses to situations and actions or words of others. So often then we react with an angry response to someone else's actions or word's out of a pattern we developed or have taught ourselves as the appropriate response. The key here is the word appropriate. Our response can be kindness. Our response can be understanding. Our response can and often should be one of love and understanding with a thought out reply delivered in a rational and well thought out way to have the maximum impact to change behavior. Inappropriate responses designed to retaliate will spark a stream of vocabulary that is inappropriate and irrational or bring actions of retaliation against you.

I have a lot more to learn about anger and that MAKES ME MAD.... (just kidding) Anger comes very quickly and the truth is it can and should go very quickly. If you have built up anger something is very wrong. You have possibly lost your head, or flipped your lid as some would say. Anger is an emotion that man must deal with quickly. The Bible says...

And "don't sin by letting anger control you." Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, Ephesians 4:26 NLT

There is a reason it says do not let the sun go down. When you let the days start to pass with unresolved anger, the anger is controlling you. You can build resentment and anger that will control alot of your actions and plans and when that is happening you have sin in your life. Stop and think. You have a good brain what you need to any situation are solutions not emotions. Passion is reseved for the things you love not the things you hate. How silly to waste time with anger and hatred. These are negative emotions and will make you a negative and bitter person. You can resolve anger and be resolute in your actions to resolve any situation but the anger is gone. Again I say stop and think.