Day Nine // March 6 // Losing It (Anger) “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” – Mark Twain –
The fetid rot of anger is nothing new. The Old Testament restricted the end of violence: “Thou shalt not kill;” and the New Testament restricted its beginning: “Thou shalt not get angry.” In the Sermon on the Mount, we hear Jesus’ admonition, “But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment” (Matthew 5:22). Jesus knew that anger is a spiritual poison that wreaks great damage – and deceptively so. In fact, it’s been said that of all human sins, anger is quite possibly the most enjoyable. “To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontation
