Do Not Let the Sun Set on Your Anger
Be angry, yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.
Did I set today's anger down within today, or am I carrying it into tomorrow?
📝Reflection
This verse does not say do not be angry. Rather, with "when you are angry," it acknowledges anger as a natural human emotion. The problem is not the anger itself but how long you hold it. "Do not let the sun go down on it" is a deadline: do not carry it past the day. Anger left to age overnight becomes resentment, and resentment, once hardened, changes a person. Many times I have found that anger chewed on all night had grown severalfold by morning. The habit of settling anger within its own day—that one small rule keeps the heart from sickening.
🌱Apply It Today
If something angered you today, before sleep, write it out to settle it or knot it up in your mind and set it down.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
