Thanks, Sarah. This book definitely keeps stepping on my toes! Over and over, not only as I’m reading the book, but now it’s spilling over into my everyday life. ha. But that’s good; it’s what I need. Trusting God’s promise that he works all things out for our good.

This sums it up well, Beverley:
“Anger is a human frailty, which we need to overcome.” I applaud you for letting go of your anger toward the person who broke your family apart. I’ve had to release some anger along those lines too. It’s not easy, but it’s definitely a blessing to do so.

If I’m going to be challenged, I might as well bring you all along with me. 🙂

You’re welcome, Michele. It’s definitely not a book you can read lightly; I like that kind the best. 🙂 There are so many things I need to think and rethink about.

Yes, God’s anger and Jesus’s anger never appear like man’s anger. Anger is definitely something we all feel and will continue to feel; it’s what we do with it once we recognize it that matters. I think what I’m gleaning from this book so far is that once I recognize anger, it should be an indicator that I need to deal with the matter, but let the anger go. We often still need to take action about the situation that caused the anger and talk about it. But like you say, I want to do it more from the motivation of grace, of love. Yes, it gets complicated. 🙂 But maybe I’m just making it that way. I’ll post more for sure when I finish the book.

I know—another book, right? Ha. We’ve been hot on some books this year, Linda! (But I’ve yet to read The Grapes of Wrath. Sigh. It’s always seemed too long and too depressing, but you’re making me wonder if I should rconsider. Next year. ha) I’ll definitely look up Another Name for Slavery (this year); thanks for mentioning it.

I understand the crying thing; that can happen with me occasionally when I get angry too. I don’t like for it to, but sometimes it just happens that way. I like that you write letters to help release your anger; I should try that more often. Thanks for sharing.

I enjoy listening to Brant too. I like that he doesn’t aim for that stereotypical DJ voice but is just himself, like we would be in real life. Except still well-spoken. 🙂

By the grace of God, anger isn’t one of my biggest issues either. I have to work on it more through the side of offense–I can be too sensitive. It’s interesting that you mention anger at legalism; I have that too. But for me, part of that is revelatory about bitter areas of unforgiveness I have towards the legalistic heritage of my past. Been working on letting that go for awhile now….