My kids know I love them. They know that I’ve been on this planet longer than they have and that I’ve had more experience than they have. But my children sometimes question my judgment. Can you believe that?
I’d rather have an honest, gut-level conversation with them than have them stuff their frustration and disappointment inside. God is the same way! He would rather have you wrestle with him in anger than walk away in detached apathy.
The right response to unexplained tragedy is not “grin and bear it.” Lamentations 2:19a says, “Get up, cry out in the night, even as the night begins. Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the Lord” (NCV).
Talk It Over
- Who is the first person you usually talk to about your troubles? Why do you trust that person?
- What have been the physical and emotional effects of keeping your anger to yourself?
- What can you do to be more honest with God in your prayers (if need be)?
- God is listening as you pour out your heart to him. How will this truth change your prayers?
