If you become angry,
do not let your anger
lead you into sin,
and do not let the sun
go down on your anger
Ephesians 4:26
Forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who
trespass against us.
Matthew 6:13a
As we finish off thinking about the Jesus' Lord's Prayer petition on forgiveness, today's devotion will be very short. It is simply one of my favorite quotes by pastor and author Frederick Buechner ...
Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back -- in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you.
In what ways are you cannibalizing yourself? If you still have unforgiveness in your heart, go back a few days, and keep working through the process of forgiveness.
In Christ's Love,
a guy who has always been a
proud part of the (NCSU) Wolfpack,
but there is one wolf pack
I really don't want to join.
(No more wolfing down of myself.
Lord, teach me to forgive)
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