So Abram said to Lot, "Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me … for we are brothers." — Genesis 13:8
God wants to be the solution to our quarrels.
Kim and I argued for years and years about the same old things, and we never got anywhere. We were just mad at each other, until one of us got around to finding the humility to apologize. No matter the issue, it was always the other person’s fault.
Then we started taking our anger to the Lord. We each made a startling discovery. My anger had almost nothing to do with Kim. Her anger had almost nothing to do with me. The anger came from someplace else.
No wonder the Lord didn’t want us to quarrel. But God isn’t asking us to just sit quiet and fume. His solution is not silent frustration. Instead, when we bring our anger to God, own it, recognize it, look at its source and give it to God, He gives us what we need to replace anger with peace, joy and confidence.
Does Kim still stir up anger in me? Sometimes. But, by comparison, hardly ever. Now, when I go to the place in my heart where the anger used to be, I find Jesus there, loving me.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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