I am so angry

“But God said to Jonah, ‘Do you do well to be angry?’ (Jonah 4:9)
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Emotional regulation is a great trait. It allows executive functioning to operate. We are no longer driven by our emotions and we can be sensible and reason. No major decision should be made when we are in the seat of our emotions. Electing to be silent may also be a better option than attempting to be rational when, at times, emotions can make us irrational.

Jonah was in such an emotional state that he even took God to task. Jonah responded to the state of affairs in a way that we would term today as, ‘acting up.’ It must be that God knew his son, Jonah. Is it that Jonah feared God but found himself struggling in a moment that the Lord required his obedience? Yet, the Lord was patient with him, so very patient.

He is also patient with us. He knows us, every hair on our head and when we struggle, he does not judge us but poses that same question, “ Do you do well to be angry?” Then he stays right by our side until we sort it through.

“Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this inquiry, "Doest thou well to be angry?" Charles Spurgeon

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts:  And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)

GiGi❤️