Dear Friends,
We are heading into the last two weeks of our sermon series, “All the Feels”, and, if anything, I hope it has helped you reflect on what you do with your emotions, especially as a Christ-follower. Perhaps it has also ignited a desire in you to read through some of the oft-overlooked books and passages of the Old Testament.
This week, we will continue to engage the Old Testament as we examine our feelings of anger and what happens if that anger, left unchecked, leads us to intense feelings of rage. Usually, I don’t prescribe homework before a sermon, but I wonder if you will sit and consider the things that make you angry. Is your anger a righteous anger- anger in response to injustice and harm done to God’s creation and God’s people? Or is your anger fueled by something else? Were you taught that you couldn’t be angry? What happens in your body when you experience anger? How do you handle your anger?
Think on these questions as we enter into Sunday. Anger, like so many of our other emotions, can signal that something is amiss in our life or in the world around us, but it can also direct us to harm the people we care about, our neighbors, and people for whom we are not particularly fond. And more so, how can we turn our feelings of anger toward the injustices of this world in such a way that we become peacemakers? Let us explore these things together this weekend.
With Love and Peace,
Pastor Rachel
