Whispers In The Quiet

Thought-Life Reflection

                                 
 Anger A Slow Burn

Thought-Life Reflection

— Spring Lynn Booth

Slow anger often arrives on the scene in sudden, in-your-face moments. Within doing so it then finds room to sneak in as a brewing often silent subtle undercurrent of animosity. Festering under a negative thought life, that made room for an emotional mental shift. What is often referred to as a strong hold. A slow anger — a source of molting pressure in some cases masked as righteous indignation. As human nature varies we find that social norms that dictate our responses and affect our suppressed feelings that should have been spoken with care leave us with unsettling and unaddressed internal conflicts. Therefore they instead show up later in volatile ways, either mentally or emotionally . Creating harmful destabilization.

However we, as prudent saints, are required to lean into responsible surrender of such anger, allowing The Lord Jesus to take a measure of care to alleviate the tension within, as we repent.

Repentance is a way to rid ourselves of such tension, as The Holy Spirit begins to mend the hurt — ease the molting current underneath — into subdued surrender. Growth emerges from that calmness and remorseful afterglow, which brings with it humility and remembrance to be careful in our reactions in our pursuit of ungracious fervor from the anger that slowly burns.

As we are charged with good stewardship, of not only our monetary gains but our most precious asset, our testimonies. With it includes our reactions, behaviors, and responsibilities, to repent with sincerity and humility of heart. Gratefully with the evidence of our change in heart comes the hope that love exists. Grace and forgiveness given as love and tender mercy in such repentance replaces the slow burn and fills us with peace of mind and regulates our emotions with tenderness of humility.

Surrender of this slow burn with acknowledgment allows room for The Holy Spirit to move on our behalf. Then replacing the heart posture and our enteral minds eye as believers. Whereby with enduring truth and forgiveness grace then Filling the gulf of absence left in the purging ourselves of an unclean thought-life healing our bruised heart posture by sincere repentance, bridging the gap , filling us with all that is lovely and good. Bringing us back to our faith. In doing so gifting us the courage to face a new day hopeful and surrendered.

When we kneel, we are all made equal. And forgiveness — the ability of forgiveness, not only of others but of ourselves — can mend dark and unsettling places in the heart, allowing the mind a reprieve and letting the light come and live within, impeding the darkness and bringing about the healing power of joy.

The forgiveness of the Lord brings about much healing and in doing so arrives the restoration and fullness of joy. Our held actions, unrepentant mindsets and motives that created these slow burning anger under-current’s accompany our walk in this life. Be willing to lay down the corruptible slow burn of unforgiveness. A life whereby our eyes should stay focused on kingdom glory and not the temporal dissatisfactions of this world. Hold tight with all graciousness our companionship with The Holy Spirit, and unification among our family of saints. The unification of family, the saints, and the extended body of believers is blessed for it — for kingdom glory.

When we resolve slow-burning anger with a repentant heart in service to one another, in living the gospel principles that God has given us, we are able to walk forward with grace, dignity, peace, love and a sound mind.

Ephesians 4:26

“Be angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”
  Anger is acknowledged, not condemned. The caution is about what we do with it.

Proverbs 14:29

“He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.”
  Slow anger is paired with understanding, not weakness.

James 1:19–20

“Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”
  Slowness here is wisdom and restraint — not suppression.

Psalms 37:8

“Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
  This distinguishes anger from destructive action. Feeling ≠ acting.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
  Hasty anger is the issue — not thoughtful, measured awareness.

Matthew 11:28–30

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
  Christ addresses the weight, not just the behavior.

James 1:17 

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above… from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”
doesn’t tell us what to do; It tells us who God is in the middle of that process.

From my quiet heart to yours , may you hear His whisper…

— Spring Lynn Booth

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