“My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.”
James 1:19
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32
How much would our relationships improve with our children if we were quick to forgive and slow to become angry?
If we continue into James 1, the rest of the verse says, “because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.”
Isn’t that what we want for our children? The righteousness of God in their lives? We create that desire in them by being slow to anger and quick to forgive.
Anger damages relationships. God warns us constantly about it. And forgiveness creates relationship breakthroughs. It’s how our relationship start and continues with God, and it should start and continue with all our family relationships as well.
How do we become less angry and more forgiving? For me, it started with changing my beliefs. I began to see the damage my anger was doing to my kids. Plus, I started to believe and apply forgiving others and asking for forgiveness when I did something wrong.
As I exercised my new beliefs, I started to see the relationship breakthroughs start to happen which made my beliefs stronger.
Try it. Slow to anger and quick to forgive. I believe you will get relationship breakthroughs too!
