Slow Anger......
Oh crap I am late for work and now I have to rush through my morning routine and fight traffic to make it there on time. Now people are going to be talking about me behind my back about me being late, and coffee, I won't be able to get my morning coffee. Lord, why is this happening to me? Lord, why wont this car in front of me go faster. Uggghhhhhh I can't wait for this day to be over with.
I know for a fact that I have gone through this on multiple occasions and it always ended with the same result. I ended up being angry all day and letting my emotions get the best of me. Right from the start I was so quick to anger instead of being slow to anger and thinking properly what needs to be done in that moment. Yes, I know and I totally get it. When you wake and you're running late built up frustration quickly turns into anger and sometimes we just can't snap out of it. But is that a real reason to allow anger in to effect your atmosphere? How easy would it be to sit there and accept the fact that, Yes I am running late for work, and I will send a message to my team of what is going on.
Sometimes we let anger in when it is not needed and allow it to control us. There is one thing to be angry over running late for work, but not getting angry when you see the right thing wasn't done. Running late for work will cause some frustration but it shouldn't lead to anger were you are cussing out everyone and their dog. Anger, when it is used in the right way and for the right thing isn't bad. We still have to be slow to anger so that we have control over it and it does not come out like a ragging bull. We shouldn't allow anger to control us because we control it. The anger that I am talking about is when you see unrighteous acts. When you see a homeless person treated poorly for no reason because someone feels they are better than them. For me that is something that has brought the slow anger out in me. The way I use slow anger is to help fuel my courage to stand up for what is right and speak up against it. Not everything calls for anger but if unrighteousness is seen then use slow anger and have control.