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A for Anger by Sara Valin

Hey! You’re the girl that was angry the whole time while I was giving a college tour last year,” said a Liberty University Student employee when I encountered him again. Angry – I did not want to be remembered as angry. A couple of years ago, I kept a lot of anger inside me. I wasn’t just angry towards people. I wasn’t content. I wasn’t living life joyfully. There were reasons in my life for my anger, but I did not have a reason to let the anger consume my life. I then allowed my anger to turn into bitterness. It affected not only my relationships with friends and family, the way I carried myself, and the choices I made but also my relationship with God. I was angry because I wasn’t looking for true joy. I would look to worldly pleasures, friends, and music for gratification, but shortly after, I would find myself down in the dumps again (not literally).

I went to a Christian Summer Camp one year, and for some reason, everything just clicked. It was as if my eyes were opened to pure joy. I chose to rededicate my life to Jesus since I had already been saved when I was seven. Since then, I have decided that I don’t have to be bitter and uptight but just have to let go and give it all to God. I figured that if God could hold the whole world, he could hold me and my problems. I decided not to be angry but to be absolutely joyful because I have God, a Good Father who always provides.