There seems to be an anger that is disrupting life in general...people are angry about so many causes, rights...some are worthy, some are out of frustration, some are selfish or foolish..." My way or the highway anger"...
I was reading in psalms and "slow to anger" cropped up so I looked it up. There are nine places that God is described as "slow to anger ". The phase is paired with compassion, love, faithfulness, forgiveness, graciousness....
There are over two hundred places where anger is wrath of God and people...angry over many things...
When I look at my anger, it is usually the anger over nor getting my way in some fashion and it definitely is not compassionate or loving...and leads to bad attitudes...bitterness...I want that " slow to anger" which is combined with good things...an attitude of peace and contentment ....not a life defined by anger...or outbursts of evil...
Thank YOU that you show a better way of working through life...that You have patience with us, loving us through life's curves...You filter what is best for us.....help me not to get angry at situations, people...
Psalm 37:8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
Ephesians 4:26 “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
Exodus 34:6-7a And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished...
Numbers 14:18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’
Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,
Psalm 86:15 But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Joel 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.
Nahum 1:3 The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
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