Inspiration

Anger. It’s easy to define: the noise of the soul. Anger. The unseen irritant of the heart. Anger. The relentless invader of silence. . . . The louder it gets the more desperate we become.

Some of you are thinking, Easy for you to say, Max, sitting there in your office . . . You ought to try living with my wife. Or, You ought to have to cope with my past. Or, You ought to raise my kids. You don’t know how my ex has mistreated me. You don’t have any idea how hard my life has been. And you’re right, I don’t. But I have a very clear idea of how miserable your future will be unless you deal with your anger.

X-ray the world of the vengeful and behold the tumor of bitterness: black, menacing, malignant. Carcinoma of the spirit. Its fatal fibers creep around the edge of the heart and ravage it. Yesterday you can’t alter, but your reaction to yesterday you can. You cannot change the past, but your response to your past you can. (From When God Whispers Your Name by Max Lucado)

Taken from The Lucado Life Lessons Study Bible