2622) I’m guessing that every generation says the one we’re living in is the best or worst, and I think there’s some truth in it.

One thing I notice throughout my lifetime is the prevalence of anger. Yes, there is Biblical anger; be angry and sin not, Ephesians 4:26, but most of this caustic emotion and reaction doesn’t fit into that category.

I see it in the checkout line in a store. I hear it in accusations of what we are and are not doing “right” in our professions, according to others. I see it in many government officials who, at times, seem to wear divisiveness as a badge. And, of course, there’s road rage.

James 1:20 has an important message about much of the anger that swirls around us these days. It reads, for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

When we act in anger, we will not gain sympathizers for whatever we are passionate about. Anger will also not make stressful situations better.

Perhaps we need to be reminded more often what Paul writes in Romans 2:4. It is the goodness of God that leads you to repentance. Kindness and love will do more for us and God than anger.