
There are some emotions we bring to God easily. Gratitude. Joy. Fear. Need. Even sadness can sometimes feel acceptable. But anger? That one can feel different. Many of us were taught—directly or indirectly—that anger does not belong in our relationship with God. We may believe it is disrespectful. Unspiritual. Dangerous. Something we should work through […]
There are some emotions we bring to God easily. Gratitude. Joy. Fear. Need. Even sadness can sometimes feel acceptable. But anger? That one can feel different. Many of us were taught—directly or indirectly—that anger does not belong in our relationship with God. We may believe it is disrespectful. Unspiritual. Dangerous. Something we should work through […]

Some of us cry when we are hurting. Others get angry. And for many of us, anger shows up long before sadness ever does. We feel irritated. Defensive. Frustrated. Impatient. Maybe we raise our voice. Maybe we shut down. Maybe we rehearse the same conversation in our heads for hours. Maybe we tell ourselves, I […]
Some of us cry when we are hurting. Others get angry. And for many of us, anger shows up long before sadness ever does. We feel irritated. Defensive. Frustrated. Impatient. Maybe we raise our voice. Maybe we shut down. Maybe we rehearse the same conversation in our heads for hours. Maybe we tell ourselves, I […]

Most of us were taught how to hide sadness. Very few of us were taught how to express it. We learned to stay strong. Keep moving. Hold it together. Say, “I’m fine,” even when we weren’t. And sometimes we carried that same instinct into our relationship with God. We learned how to praise Him when […]
Most of us were taught how to hide sadness. Very few of us were taught how to express it. We learned to stay strong. Keep moving. Hold it together. Say, “I’m fine,” even when we weren’t. And sometimes we carried that same instinct into our relationship with God. We learned how to praise Him when […]

There are some emotions we bring to God easily. Gratitude. Joy. Fear. Need. Even sadness can sometimes feel acceptable. But anger? That one can feel different. Many of us were taught—directly or indirectly—that anger does not belong in our relationship with God. We may believe it is disrespectful. Unspiritual. Dangerous. Something we should work through […]

Some of us cry when we are hurting. Others get angry. And for many of us, anger shows up long before sadness ever does. We feel irritated. Defensive. Frustrated. Impatient. Maybe we raise our voice. Maybe we shut down. Maybe we rehearse the same conversation in our heads for hours. Maybe we tell ourselves, I […]