Variety: Ephesians 4v26

Ephesians 4:26, “Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” 

As we seek to learn from the wisdom our anger has to teach us, Brian McLaren offers this prayer of blessing:   

May you be blessed to see in your anger, not just a danger, but an opportunity. May you be blessed to see in your anger a window into what you love. May you be blessed to see in your anger a pathway into sadness. And may your sadness sweeten your anger until it is transformed into the energy of love.   

May you come to see indifference, complacency, apathy, and self-centeredness within you as signs—not of your lack of anger, but of your lack of love.   

May you welcome anger as a source of information about what you love, about what needs protection and repair, and about the courage and strength needed to make this world a more joyful and peaceful place.  

May your anger lead you to sadness, and may your sadness lead you to love, so that you meet the tears of things with a heart of bottomless compassion.    

May you be angry about what deserves anger, and may you experience such a transformation of your own anger that you become an agent of loving transformation in our world.  

May the deep wisdom of God guide you deep into your anger so that you may join with Jesus in weeping for the world, and so that you groan with the creative Spirit in the loving labor pains of a better tomorrow.