You know that feeling you get, when you hear someone say something unkind about someone you love and you literally feel like you could explode with anger?
It's not wrong to have that feeling. You are human, and you simply want to defend the people you care about. The sinning happens when you act on that feeling.
James 1:19-20 "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."
Ephesians 4:26 "Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath."
That rush of anger you feel at first will not help any situation you are in. It's something called "selfish anger", because when you respond with that anger it's simply to get the satisfaction of knowing you "told that person off". You aren't really thinking about others and how it could make matters worse.
When that feeling comes, count to 10. Pray. Then handle it in such a way that your light will still shine bright.
With Love,
Maggie Ann.
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