#hot-tempered

[stoicmike]

You were forgiven for getting angry over nothing, but it was noted that you are someone who does. -- Michael Lipsey

[grinning-sunflower]

Hot

Person 1: I'm hot and you know it!

Person 2: Yeah, you are hot. Hot-tempered.

Person 1: UGH!

[thejourneybacktogod]

Day 236 - Short Fuse

"In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold” -- Ephesians 4:26-27

What’s your short-fuse?; pet peeve? What ticks you off? Indulge this confession of mine: I have a bit of a temper when I drive. Whenever someone else does something on the streets that I perceive as reckless, indisciplined, or just plain foolish, I do have the tendency to lose my cool, and occasionally mutter a few less-than-saintly expressions.

Anger; temper, irritation; these are things we all feel welling up inside from time to time, and we may have the occasional tantrum or melt down. The Bible addresses anger, and surprisingly enough, says that being angry is not in itself a sin. Scripture says “In your anger, do not sin.” meaning it’s possible to be angry without sinning. It makes sense. There’s plenty going on in societies across the globe that should stir some righteous anger. Anger directed at injustice; anger directed at corruption; anger directed at evil.

Unfortunately, more often than not our anger comes from a place of self-interest...anger directed at an inconvenience; anger directed at an insult; anger directed at a simple mistake made by another driver. The Bible cautions us: giving ourselves over to selfish anger gives the devil a foothold; it gives him leverage in our lives; a means to enter and offer suggestions on destructive uses for what we feel. Indeed many a tragedy is the result of poorly handled anger.

Instead the Bible encourages us to do away with this lower use of anger. “Stop being mean, bad-tempered and angry. Quarrelling, harsh words and dislike of others should have no place in your lives. Instead, be kind to each other, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you because you belong to Christ,” – Ephesians 4:31-32

We may not be able to control the upsetting things that happen in our lives, but we can control our responses, and react in a way that honours God.

Work on that short fuse, will you?

Sheldon Robinson - Guest Writer

[learntobuckup]

Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul.  

Proverbs 22:24-25 (NLT)

[thejourneybacktogod]

Day 113 - "Friends with Fire"

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. - Proverbs 22:24-25

It is said that anger is like a spark or little flame on a dry, heat scorched field. It takes nothing to set that field ablaze destroying every and anything around. We have all come across hot-tempered individuals at some point in our lives or maybe we are one. And what is common about them all is that it takes pretty much nothing to get them angry, riled up and ready to attack whether physically or verbally. These individuals do not think, but rather act on impulse causing damage most of the times. It is not surprising that the passage of scripture says not to make friends with, or to associate ourselves with people who are easily angered.

We are reminded in James 1:19-20 that anger does not produce the righteousness of God. “My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,  for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.” In Ecclesiastes 7:9 it says, “Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.” The scripture identifies that anger is simply not of God and resides with individuals considered fools. This is a harsh truth to swallow, but it simply means we are keeping company with fools. Now, how can this be beneficial to us? Friends and individuals we associate ourselves with who are easily angered will soon later hurt us in the crossfire. As said before they are like a dry, heat scorched field easily set ablaze that damage everything in its path. And when the damage is done these individuals find it extremely difficult to apologize and rectify or relieve the situation. So the simple take home message today is to let us rid ourselves of anger both in ourselves and around us. Colossians 3:8 says, “But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.” 

[laughtercues]

I come from a family of hotheads. Things go to hell pretty quickly.

One minute it can be find and dandy, and the next can be like Battlestar Galactica.

Ugh.

On an unrelated note, "battle" is a weird word... Bat-el? Bad-el?