RPG Juniors
REFRAIN FROM ANGER
AUGUST 12
Psalm 37:8
REFRAIN FROM ANGER
Liz walked into the living room with her arms crossed and her jaw clenched. Mom looked at her and frowned. "Don’t tell me you’re still angry over what happened with Elsa," she said.
"Yes, I am!" replied Liz. "Elsa shouldn’t have taken my seat on the school bus. She knows I always sit with Beth."
"Maybe she does, but you shouldn’t be mulling over it so long," said Mom as she knelt down to scrub the carpet.
Liz stared at the stain her mother was vigorously trying to get rid of. She saw that the stain made by spilled grape juice was becoming wider by the second. "That stain is getting worse instead of better," warned Liz. "Do you think it will ever come out?"
"I hope so," said Mom. "Of course, it would have come out a lot more easily if I had cleaned it right after the juice was spilled." Mom wiped the sweat from her brow and glanced up at Liz. "You should deal with your anger the way I should have dealt with this stain," she added.
Liz frowned. "What do you mean?" she asked.
Mom continued to rub the purple blotch. "Time has allowed this stain to penetrate into the carpet fibres," she explained. "Anger does some- thing like that to your heart. If it’s permitted to stay and saturate there, it becomes increasingly difficult to remove. Over time, it often widens into bitterness and rage."
Liz looked at the stain on the carpet and sighed. "Okay," she agreed. "I don’t really see how I can help being angry with Elsa, but I’ll try to get over it."
Mom smiled. "Right choice! Never let your anger turn into a fixed stain inside you," she said. "Start by talking to God about it. Pray for Elsa, too. It’s hard to be angry with someone you’re praying for. With God’s help, you can learn forgiveness, and then you will let your anger go."
Thought: Are you angry over something that happened a day ago, a week ago, or even a month or more ago?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thanks for the reminder that anger must not spread into other areas of your life. And that I must not get angry for the wrong reasons. And heavenly Father, please teach me the beauty of for- giveness because I know You do not want anger to become a fixed stain on my heart. This I pray in Jesus’ name – Amen.
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Psalm 37:8
REFRAIN FROM ANGER
Liz walked into the living room with her arms crossed and her jaw clenched. Mom looked at her and frowned. "Don’t tell me you’re still angry over what happened with Elsa," she said.
"Yes, I am!" replied Liz. "Elsa shouldn’t have taken my seat on the school bus. She knows I always sit with Beth."
"Maybe she does, but you shouldn’t be mulling over it so long," said Mom as she knelt down to scrub the carpet.
Liz stared at the stain her mother was vigorously trying to get rid of. She saw that the stain made by spilled grape juice was becoming wider by the second. "That stain is getting worse instead of better," warned Liz. "Do you think it will ever come out?"
"I hope so," said Mom. "Of course, it would have come out a lot more easily if I had cleaned it right after the juice was spilled." Mom wiped the sweat from her brow and glanced up at Liz. "You should deal with your anger the way I should have dealt with this stain," she added.
Liz frowned. "What do you mean?" she asked.
Mom continued to rub the purple blotch. "Time has allowed this stain to penetrate into the carpet fibres," she explained. "Anger does some- thing like that to your heart. If it’s permitted to stay and saturate there, it becomes increasingly difficult to remove. Over time, it often widens into bitterness and rage."
Liz looked at the stain on the carpet and sighed. "Okay," she agreed. "I don’t really see how I can help being angry with Elsa, but I’ll try to get over it."
Mom smiled. "Right choice! Never let your anger turn into a fixed stain inside you," she said. "Start by talking to God about it. Pray for Elsa, too. It’s hard to be angry with someone you’re praying for. With God’s help, you can learn forgiveness, and then you will let your anger go."
Thought: Are you angry over something that happened a day ago, a week ago, or even a month or more ago?
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thanks for the reminder that anger must not spread into other areas of your life. And that I must not get angry for the wrong reasons. And heavenly Father, please teach me the beauty of for- giveness because I know You do not want anger to become a fixed stain on my heart. This I pray in Jesus’ name – Amen.
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