Don't Let's Be Angry!

by J. Belton | Category: General | Nov 1986

Don't let's be angry - it's never for good;

Think of the One who before Pilate once stood

Calm and unruffled - just think what He bore;

Can't we be patient with each other more?

Others are watching that sorry display,

Young ones are noting the things that we say

In outbursts of anger; how badly impressed

They'll be by the words in our temper expressed!

"I couldn't help it? I simply was bound

To stand for my rights, or be thrown to the ground!"

But who talks of "rights" when, body and soul,

We belong to the Master who purchased us whole?

"I was righteously angry, and never lost grip

Of myself - although really I could have let rip".

They crossed you with words, and their bait caught its prey;

Did you seek forgiveness at close of the day?

Now in battles of words (you cannot gainsay),

A soft answer turneth anger away;

He loses the battle whose temper is lost,

And how can be reckoned the ultimate cost?

J. Belton | Nov 1986
General

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