Meditation for Perfectionists – Tuesday April 01, 2025

Admitting Our Anger

Genesis 4:6-7 and 16: “Then the Lord said…, “Why are you angry?” (v.6).

“Cain, why are you angry?” God asked. God did not want Cain to pretend that he was not angry at his circumstances. Instead God gave Cain the opportunity to admit and talk about his anger and resentment, but Cain chose to ignore God’s offer of

In his book Codependency, Pat Springle reflects the biblical concept that it is acceptable with God to acknowledge and admit our anger: “In the unconditional love and acceptance of God, we have an environment in which we can be honest and vulnerable. We not only can acknowledge our present hurt and anger, but we can be objective about the cumulative hurts of the past — and the resulting anger that has been stored inside us.”

God is ready and willing to listen. Admitting our anger is the first step in learning to deal constructively with this emotion.

Dear God, I admit that I have been angry.
Even feeling the anger emotion is a new experience for me.
Please help me as I learn to talk about my anger
and deal with it in healthy ways.

Copyright Joan C. Webb

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