Anger Resolution“Anger management” are the bywords in dealing with issues of anger. I prefer to use the words “anger resolution.” Resolve in your mind to use healthy anger to accomplish good deeds (like the person angry with an abortion clinic who channels that anger into productive ways of helping pregnant teenage girls.)
Resolve to adhere to the Bible’s challenge in Ephesians 4:31-32. Stop being mean, bad-tempered and angry. Quarreling, harsh words and dislike of others should have no place in your lives. Instead, by kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God has forgivn you because you belong to Christ.
And, Colossians 3:8 Now is the time to cast off and throw away all these rotten garments of anger, hatred, cursing and dirty language.
To the addict reading this article, don’t just try to manage your anger. Face it brutally. See the destructiveness of it. Don’t anesthesize it with a chemical. Get with a group who will encourage you to unmask. Seek counseling that will help you reveal the roots of the anger, not just managing it. Dig deeply into God’s resources to face all the woundedness within. All the selfishness and insecurity that leads to unhealthy anger. Grow in your knowledge of God and His resources for you. This navigation will help prevent relapse. It will lead to an ever deepening love for God, others and yourself. Which translates into an ever lessening need for addictive behavior.
May I also be so presumptious as to suggest you get a copy of my book “Good and Mad?”
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