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“ ’For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,’ says the Lord your Redeemer.”

We see God get mad at His people all the time when we read the Bible. And when He gets mad, he sometimes doesn’t think things through as much as He should and often makes quick judements and strikes out on us not realizing that He is doing more harm than good. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I know that I get mad at people in traffic and I am quick to cuss them out. I know that sometimes I get mad at Jaci and I throw mini temper tantrums and cross my arms and won’t talk to her until I realize how childish I am being.

The difference between God and a lot of us though, is that He is usually pretty quick to forgive us after He blows off some steam. In this verse He has commanded the Israelites to be holy and has even gone as far as to send them prophets and lay down the law very plainly and clearly. But NOOOOOOO, they don’t give a crap. They keep on sinning despite God giving his darndest in trying to make them act properly.

Have you ever tried to tell someone in your life something OVER and OVER, but no matter how much you try to explain it, they keep on screwing up and acting like they don’t hear a word you are saying? It is frustrating isn’t it? God gets frustrated about the same things!

But He doesn’t give up on the Israelites. He forgives them and comes back around and shows them compassion. And through Jesus, that forgivingness (not sure if that is a word or not) and compassion still show today. If God can get mad and blow up at people for an instant, than I suppose it is OK for us to do that as well. The important thing is for us to REAPPROACH the situation and to say we are sorry for losing our patience. If any of you have children of your own, I think you realize the importance of this.

It is OK to lose your temper. But after you calm down, try to remember the hurtful words that you used on someone else and apologize for those words and let them know WHY you lost your temper with them. Humans are created in God’s image and humans lose their cool just like God! It really is OK as long as you don’t leave it at that!!! Learn from your temper tantrums you big baby!!!

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