Love is not easily angered.
Love is not touchy, fretful, or resentful.
Love is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered].
Love is not easily irritated or quick to take offense.
Love Is Not Easily Angered
Scripture speaks of God getting angry.
So, anger in itself is not sinful if it is righteous.
God didn’t command us not to get angry but not to sin in our anger.
God doesn't say, “Manage our anger”.
It is a normal response to injustice.
The root issue is determined by its origin.
Whose injustice?
Notice each translation above has a self-centered characteristic.
It is a picture of someone who has been slighted, overlooked, not served, takes something personal, or in general not getting their way.
When I find myself in this mindset, it is evident to me I have forgotten my death and new life.
I have once again viewed myself as "the reference point" of my life, and I am not progressing towards becoming love.
The bottom line is that my anger is about me when it is self-centered.
Let anger be one of your leading indicators that the Holy Spirit can use to signal your way back home.
What types of conditions and interactions do you find yourself easily angered?
How can you experience anger and not sin in it?
This is Your life, Lord. Forgive me for trying to resurrect it for my use, my ways, and my glory. Thank you for every signpost along this journey that signals me upwards, not to the left or right. Amen