Anger
“Reasons why” don’t ultimately satisfy…. Those who suffer are like [the] hurting child who asks his daddy, “why?” The child opens himself up to the one and only someone who can actually do something about his plight. He knows his pain will be eased by his father’s embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
I was angry at God, but I assumed that God was big enough to tolerate my anger and compassionate enough to understand. I found comfort in many of the Psalms that express anguish and anger before God. I see now that my faith was becoming an ally rather than an enemy because I could vent anger freely, even toward God, without fearing retribution.
Jerry Sittser
Do you sincerely want help or do you want attention?…If negative motives outweigh your desire for help, ask God to change your heart.
Ruth Graham
It is natural for those who suffer catastrophic loss to feel destructive emotions like hatred, bitterness, despair, and cynicism. We must decide whether or not to allow these destructive emotions to conquer us. A bad choice will lead to the soul’s death—a worse death by far than the death of a loved one or the job or one’s health.
Jerry Sittser
What I would discover after [my husband’s ] infidelity came to light was that masking my hurts and defects—pretending I had everything together—was not the way to honor God or prove that Christianity worked.
Ruth Graham
Many Christians don’t see God in their trials. If no miracles are happening…God must not be at work.
Joni Eareckson Tada
I felt like a beaten dog. Nowhere to turn. No hope. Kicked again and again by this pain.
Ruth Graham
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
Psalm 37:8
In your anger, do not sin…and do not give the devil a foothold.
Ephesians 4:26–27
A fool gives full vent to his anger but a wise man keeps himself under control.
Proverbs 29:11