Battling Anger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I find myself needing to pray

That You’d make my heart whole,

For anger that is too ingrained

Can damage any soul.

 

It will not harm those who’ve harmed me

And seek to hurt me more,

Nor can it damage those stained souls

Who “deserve what’s in store”.

 

For anger hurts those who hold it

Like acid to the heart,

It turns even the purest dream

To ash before its start.

 

Lord, I don’t want to be the one

Who walks the bitter path,

Please help me to continue to

Pray through the pain and wrath.

 

Help me to pray each day for those

Who are still lost to sin

That they might find the path that leads

Them back to You again.

 

For if I pray with earnest heart

For those I want to hate,

Then maybe I can help us both

Before it is too late.

 

Luke 6:27-29

27 “But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.