Yelling doesn't seem so bad right about now...

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Here are suggestions I have received from other people.

"You should have..."

1. Taken his water gun and 'accidentally' broken it.

2. Taken his water gun and shot him repeatedly in the face.

3. Taken his water gun and given it to Josh so Josh could shoot him repeatedly in the face.

4. Brought my own, much bigger water gun and had Josh shoot him repeatedly in the face.

5. Taken his water gun after the mom yelled and shot her in the face.

All of these were said by "good" people. It just shows that there are reasons why it repeatedly says in Scripture to "Get rid of all anger, malice," etc. (1 Peter 2, among other places.) Too many of us hold things in and then at just the wrong moment, anger erupts, leaving a wake of damage that can rarely be undone without years of therapy for one or both parties. I am wondering why no one has said, "Yes, Tori, you should apologize" or, "Yes, Tori, you reacted badly," or "My goodness, I had no idea you were so Hulkish," or why no one has offered reasonable advice for the next time I see her. I will smile at her and probably make a friend out of her, but no one has given that advice. Everyone seems to want me to shoot her or Snot-head in the face. Wow, people. I thought I had issues until I talked to you...
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On a different but somehow relevantly related note...today is the 4th of July. I played piano for our church today, including the German national anthem. Apparently there is a law that says you can't sing the American anthem without also singing the German one, since they are our host nation. I don't understand it. Is today THEIR Independence Day? However, being that is is Independence Day, shouldn't we, as Christians, at some point declare our own Independence from the sins that we keep falling into? Shouldn't we, at some point, declare, "I AM FREE OF (insert your own sin here)!!!" Maybe some of that aforementioned anger?
Yes, I'm preaching to myself. 100% of this blog is me preaching to myself, so that it will sink into my own thick skull that there are still parts of me that need changing. Praise God for grace!

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