tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post7043927221725287404..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: AngerJohan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-17032208571931686002012-11-19T00:41:49.983-08:002012-11-19T00:41:49.983-08:00Maybe we can couple that mirror-looking with a sus...Maybe we can couple that mirror-looking with a suspension of judgment for a time, at least. If we can change the dynamic (the flow of anger out toward the "enemy"), maybe we can also make some compensating promises to ourselves: (1) We won't automatically turn the anger inward; (2) We'll suspend shame and judgment long enough for the Holy Spirit to minister to us. For me this is hard to do, because I tend to be so immediately reactive: the guilty party (whether it's the vile ENEMY or it's just ME AGAIN!) must be identified and punished right away. Our souls need time to reacquire balance; it's hard for me to grant that time, but that's the work I have to do.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-40325909612538248092012-11-18T18:28:59.190-08:002012-11-18T18:28:59.190-08:00Thanks for the questions. And the reminder of the ...Thanks for the questions. And the reminder of the importance of praying.<br /><br />I guess that's how I cope, when I do. Praying for the people I'm angry with and the people who are being mistreated in a way that angers me. Doing what I can to help the situation, if I can. If not, praying about it but trying not to fixate on it, to put more of my attention where I can see some way forward. <br /><br />Anger specifically is also apt to simmer down in me when I take a hard look in the mirror and see in myself the roots of the behavior that is angering me in someone else. Though then i can fall into anxiety or despondency, which are probably less helpful than anger, which at least carries a charge of energy that has some hope of being rightly used...Joanna Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447960126998692419noreply@blogger.com