ALLEVIATE ANGER!!!

"A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife". Proverbs 15:18. If I say AA, what is coming to your mind? American Airlines or Alcohol Anonymous? My friend, I would say it stands for ALLEVIATE ANGER also. The scripture here shows us that anger brings stress and strife. We need to be peacemakers in our homes. Proverbs 15:1 says " A soft answer turneth away wrath...: but grievous words stir up anger". The way to control your anger is to control your WORDS- your SPEECH. Perhaps you might say, " I just can't control it". Really? Oh yes you can! Sometimes in a home the husband and wife are just snarling, fighting, snapping, down one another's throat, and their voices are full of hostility. Then right in the middle, the phone rings. They go to the phone and say, "Hello", so SWEET and NICE. Don't tell me you CAN'T CONTROL IT! And you'd BETTER LEARN to control in the midst of INTENSE NEGOTIATION (I know Christians never argue), if you don't, you'll be out of control- and THE STRING WILL SNAP. You don't want that, do you???