What's Gnawling at You
Last year we were the victims of a beaver attack on multiple trees in our yard which had been planted two years before. Granny get your gun or a beaver trap! The power company, which governs our lake, required us to replace all trees along the shore line that have fallen during a storm. The largest on was on our boat house. We had removed these trees without the companies permission. We had to submit a plan showing where the trees would go and that they met their requirement by size and species. $1500 later it was done and beavers came and gnawed them to the ground.
Grrr. It really made me angry and no, I have not enlightened the power company to the situation. When this photo popped up in my "memories" on my computer the anger surfaced. So, I decided to battle with scripture and thought you might need some anger ammo in your scripture arsenal.
Whoever is slow to anger had great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. Proverbs 14:29
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
James 1:19-20
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:31-32
Anger can rob our joy and the recipients towards whom our anger is aimed are rarely being affected. So, if there is a bee in your bonnet, shake it off, give God the glory and head towards the blessings He has scheduled for today.
The Song
“He Knows” Jeremy Camp
