Monday... It can be so easy to do.

Monday... It can be so easy to do. It really can be.

Something happens and we can be so quick to speak up and get angry. I have my rights. And we have our pride too!

But the writer of Proverbs 29:11 (NLT) puts us in our place. It says, "Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back." And that is a such an important "but". There are so many situations in life that we are so quick to speak up and to get angry. But what if we would quietly hold it back. Yes, there may be an injustice in there but we really do need to stop and think and evaluate the whole situation.

I had something happen at the coffee shop I come to each morning and I felt like speaking up. I wanted to but I didn't. And I'm so glad I didn't because I came upon this Proverb and I'm glad I didn't act like a fool.

Yes, we do have our rights but in our relationship with our Lord we give them up to him and he gives them back as privileges. We tend to react as if we are lord.

The Amplified Bible says it this way, "A [shortsighted] fool always loses his temper and displays his anger, but a wise man [uses self-control and] holds it back." I don't want to be a fool or act like a fool but our pride gets in the way, doesn't it?

After I sat down in another seat, I was ashamed of my initial feeling and so glad that I hadn't said anything.

You see the big room that I have sat in at a certain table for over 400 times was being arraigned for primary voting. You know there is something called a Presidential election and they had a right to do what they were doing in the big room. And by being quiet I realized what was happening. We really do make a fool out of ourselves. We really do.

Think of the last fight you had at home. What would have happened if we had quietly held our self back?

Again, "Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back." That is such a very good Proverb, isn't it? Let's strive to not let our pride take over and get in our way. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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