Friday!

Proverbs :)

A secret gift soothes anger, 

and a covert bribe, 

fierce rage.

Proverbs 21:14 CSB

Sometimes the Bible just surprises! 

It certainly is a mirror that reflects the human heart!

What parent has not used this strategy with an angry child...

But this is not written to children. 

It's written to me.

Someone who gets angry.

It's written to me. 

Someone who justifies being angry, even when the cause is not righteous at all, because my anger can be placated by...what Solomon calls a secret gift or a covert bribe. 

That could be getting my way. Getting what I want. 

Justifying my behaviour. 

My kingdom come.

My will be done.

The word here for anger is an odd word that is about your nose or face. It's the anger that flares in a moment. It's my childish anger placated with a bribe of ice cream. 

That anger can still be found in me but is of no value. 

The anger at seeing injustice in the lives of people we care about does not disipate with a gift. 

Jesus was offered the whole world by our Enemy the Liar in that 40 days in the wilderness. He would not be swayed from his mission to bring justice for those he cared about. 

Us.

Care for people and do not be swayed from that. 

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