Day 29, Proverbs Road Trip

Proverbs 29:11, Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.

This trip has been a trip of confession for me. As we approach the end of our Proverbs journey I am once again detoured by a verse on anger. I have to admit while I sit here at the off-ramp of 29:11 that I am at times an angry man.

An angry man; I try to disguise it, I try to avoid it, I try to not be it...but the reality is I deal a lot with anger, I can be an angry man.

I can admit that because anger in itself IS NOT a sin. Sometimes even God got angry. (Of course most of the time my anger is anything but righteous. God's is always just and righteous.)

Anger is not a sin. What is sin and what is foolish is VENTING my anger. Venting is what happens when I don't address the PROBLEM and instead address the EMOTION. That is foolish.

On the other hand I wisely and quietly hold back my "venting" I find out that the EMOTION fades and I can deal with the real PROBLEM (which is usually me).

Goal for today: Wisely hold back when I start to feel angry.