Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires.

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

James 1:19-21 NLT

Remember everything James says here is couched in, held in, "dear brothers & sisters".

There's something about our anger that can take us away from the best that God has for us. 

Anger at injustice reflects Gods heart, but James is indicating that often underneath our anger is not a righteous cause, but something else. 

Something that needs to be got rid of because it's at odds with God's Word.

Seeing those things and finding them is not always easy on our own, we're in this together to help one another with our stuff.

What's underneath that needs a nudge, needs to go from my life?

What are the boundaries I need to hold so that I can accept Gods word in the way James describes?

We all have stuff, and we're in this together as we walk each other home.

#james

#inthistogether 

#wearealljustwalkingeachotherhome