Do you get mad at times? I do myself..Hey, we are all human! However, I sometimes catch myself getting tempered where I hurt people verbally and sometimes physically. It was worst when I was younger when I didn't really know how to control it. I decided to write on this issue after watching 2 siblings fight with each other. I had to raise my voice to tell them to stop and share my personal testimony.
I look back and I try to pin point where I got this "rage" from. First, before I share my past, I want to let you know that I take responsbility of my actions now. Growing up in St. Paul, I lived in a household where there was constant fighting between my parents. I hated it whenever my parents fought (physically and verbally). Well, this really affected me growing-up as I was very quiet and shy in school. I would pretend "publicly" that everything was going well at home as I was ashamed "privately" of what went on. As I was holding everything in, I would sometimes blow up at people. I would take my anger at my love ones. When I had a rough day at work (Taco Bell), I would come home mad! My siblings would know at times how work was once I get in the door.
You know being angry can cause others to be angry or sin?
"In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent"-Psalm 4:4
Anger Management
I would start learning how to release my anger in various ways as I grew up. When I was tired of getting picked on at school, I would workout at my home-lifting dumbells, doing push-ups, etc... Another way was listening to music-heavy metal! I would play my cassate tapes to different types of bands depending how I felt. One particular band I loved to listen to growing-up was "Metallica". I wold sing to the lyrics in a raging voice upstairs in my room with my door closed!
As I write this, I remember one time my dad came into my room. He didn't say anything, but he ripped my "Metallica" (red devil picture) poster off the wall and left quietly. My dad and I would never say anything about this to this day!
Personal Testimony
I have to be honest, but I've been able to manage my anger as I've grown in my personal relationship with Jesus. It all started back in my freshmen year at UMM-college. I was given a Gideon's small bible, which had a list of how to deal with various issues. I read many verses on "anger", which was "soul food"! I highly enouraged you all to pick-up the Bible and do the same!
Anger is metioned 270 times in the Bible=>biblesearch.com!
Reflection
I look back at the "silly-stupid" things I did growing-up. I say to myself-how immature I was. Well, I feel as a grown-up adult, I had to go through those in order to share this with younger people. I want others to learn from my mistake and not repeat what I did.
"Ken shares a personal illustration to demonstrate how most Christian men ignore their problem with anger, even though their attitude is quite obvious to the rest of the family members."
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It was a feel-good story while it lasted. Carlos Quentin, the man known as CQ, had gone from being a role player with the Diamondbacks to being an AL MVP candidate. That all changed Monday when, in a fit of frustration, the American League home run leader's season might well have come to an end at his own hand, or more precisely, his own wrist.
Quentin fouled off a pitch Monday and got upset with himself. Says Quentin: "[It's] something I've done thousands of times since I was a kid. A little frustrated. I had the bat in my left hand and I just kind of hit down on the bat head with my right hand with a closed fist. I kind of hit a little bit low, nicked my wrist and finished the at-bat. Forty minutes later, I started feeling something in my wrist. I woke up the next morning and that was that. Something I've done a lot, and unfortunately it hit the bone perfectly. Not a good spot."
Now the White Sox might not be in such a good spot. As late as Thursday, it was thought that Quentin simply had a bruised forearm and might be back as early as this weekend. An MRI on Friday cleared things up, and not for the better. Quentin has a fractured wrist and will undergo surgery that requires a screw to be inserted into it. He will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks, meaning in all probability, CQ's season is over. Quentin said he was assured this approach would not have any long-range consequences for his wrist, which is good news for 2009 and beyond. However, if Quentin is truly as invaluable as his teammates say, things could get rocky from here on out for the White Sox.
"If not for him, we're probably 5-10 games out. That's about the only thing I could say that sums it up," White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko said. "We have enough to win this division and get in the playoffs. It definitely would be a lot easier with him."
Unfortunately, Quentin isn't the only piece that will be missing. Apparently, Joe Crede might be done for the season as well. Crede had back surgery last year, and the tightness in his back has returned with a vengeance. "Joe is not going to be with us, and I don't expect him back this season," manager Ozzie Guillen told reporters. "He was playing with a lot of pain. � We could see the way he was moving. He couldn't take it anymore."
So far so good in his stead, though: Juan Uribe hit two home runs Friday, and Konerko added another, as the team dealt the Angels a 10-2 defeat. But that's just one night. With the Twins breathing down their neck and a wild-card spot likely out of the question, CQ's rash action might well have cost his team a shot at the post-season. And yet it also likely legitimizes the MVP buzz. If the White Sox do collapse down the stretch, we'll know for sure that Quentin was worthy of being named the league's most valuable player.
Of course, for both his teammates and fantasy owners, that will be very small consolation for all those lost September stats because of one brief moment in which CQ lost his head."
"But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips..."-Colossians 3:8
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