by Anita Mondragon
The other day, I was speaking with a friend of mine. We were discussing anger and hate, and how we should strive to surrender it to God. My friend, to my surprise, said, “I like my anger! It makes me feel powerful. I don’t want to give it up…I like it!” I can relate to that, for I was once the same. But, the problem with this attitude is that we forfeit God’s peace for our power!
Thomas Paine, the great English writer wrote the following words during the darkest days of the Revolutionary war: “These are the times that try men’s souls. The soldier and the patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of their country. But they that stand it now, deserve the love and thanks of men and women. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. But the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph…” Read more…
