The topic we are going to discuss today is one that I struggle with on a regular basis. Just when I think I have overcome my struggle with it, I find myself knee deep in it's destructiveness. Thankfully, I have grown and my struggle is better than it was. However, I wish that it was something I no longer dealt with! It is my thorn in the flesh...my Achilles heel in life! What is it? Here is a hint... Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself--it tends only to evildoing. - Psalm 37:8 (amplified) Did you guess? Anger. After many years of struggle with it, I was able to pin point its origin in my life a few years back. I took a course that basically does a spiritual "deep cleaning." I discovered it came from my childhood. I was not only raised in an angry environment, I had a mother who was consumed with anger and bitterness. Another thing that helped anger develop in my heart was the years of sexual abuse I endured as a child. Anyone who has been sexually abused has … [Read more...]