anger and hurt

Luke 15:25 – 32 came into my attention while reading it before my pre afternoon nap.28"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.

How much the prodigal is restored, forgiven, and full of joy, while the elder brother stands outside and refuses to go in. The stay-at-home son who is more of a background filler makes us think about the state of our heart pouring out sour moods creating untold misery.

The state combination feeling of discontentment, jealousy, bitterness, resentment, defensiveness, touchiness, underprivileged and ingratitude are the dispositions that can ruin our marriages, wither our children, alienate our friends and embitter every life – including myself exactly. Such feeling easily lead to defend bad mood and to slide into a deeper deception and hypocrisy.

Irene (not the real name), honestly I could feel how hurt you were when you poured out your sharing yesterday in the CG meeting. I am sorry acting like a psychologist though not one, prompting you of the cause of the original hurt in you. Please just bear in mind that God has His purpose of you in this world and He would have the joy in you every time of your submissiveness in Him.

So when anger and bitterness linger in your heart, it poisons all you think and do. But then when faith seeks ways to show God’s love, it keeps your spirit strong and true.

Think of the Old Testament in the book of Job, one of my favourite book. Job who was blameless and upright, a man who feared God and shunned evils. After the 2 tests incited by the satan and given by God’s authority to destroy all his fortune , his offsprings and then his physical appearance. Imagine the situation, how hurt was he? Despite all these, and the nagging of his wife and the three friends, holding on to his integrity Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before.

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