Anger often times arises from an expectation we make on a situation or on a person or on a group of people that are not met or are something we choose not to tollerate of another.

When I was growing up in my youth it was very uncommon for me to get mad at anyone, but the one person that could get me the most enraged was my younger brother. Of course, back then I could never define just why that was but through what happened between myself and a friend, Audrey and about perhaps five more years of living I came to the conclusion that this same kind of power over my temper lied in the idea that some personal beliefs were not being given propper appreciation or respect.

We all need to be able to feel as if what we are doing for another person is being appreciated. We all need to be to feel that others respect our personal space and are willing to give it when asked. We all need to feel wanted by another. And we all need to realize that because no one lives an exact life of another that we may not learn the same lessons from life; that how each one of us looks as life may also vary radically.

Depending on how you may look at your belief system how you determine what are appropriate actions or the kind of dialogue will often be different but just as valid to them. As God or the concept of God is not something that man/or woman has been able to prove, what you would never do to another person might be something totally acceptable when addressing your belief of God. For me, while I would not raise up a storm in an argument with my mother, when it comes to God, God has foreknowledge of everything I am going to do. He knows what He is trying to develop within my own life (whereas I do not know) and if raising my voice to Him was a Sin, He would teach that lesson. Arguing or even being angry at God, in and of its' self, IS NOT A SIN. It is, howvever, the line that divides Love from Hate. Even Jesus Christ, from the Bible, got furiously angry with the money changers of His time.

It is what modivates us to becoming angry that will determine whether anger is an act of Love or Hate. In addition to this, the Bible has two accounts where it was acceptable to argue with God and where you would not be punnished. The one common eliment in both arguments with God were that both Moses and Joshua (prophets of God) were addressing The Image of God; His Reputation, and His Promises He had made to Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph and to the Children of Isreal. When I do argue with God, I do it verbally in an empty room, because the Bible says "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks".

When I read the Bible and I read promises such as "Delight thyself in the Lord and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart", or "Ye have not, because ye ask not. Ask that your joy might be full." and I perform these acts in faith over most of my life, I have all the right to expect that the Lord will honor His Word. This addresses his reputation and his potential loss of glory if He should ever be found less than perfect.

Actions are based on Beliefs which are based on Principals. You might even squeeze in the concept of Ethics as well. Where as people only have a finite amount of anything, to ask to take from another might not always be made available by choice. In many religions God represents unlimitedness in almost every dimension. Many religions view their belief of God as being someone to actually fear or to be frightened. Certainly, God is to be revered and respected over everything in this universe, but at certain times if He says for us to come Boldly before his presence, does not this imply strongly that we are not to come with fear?

God, as I have come to know Him through the reading of the Bible can never be understood fully. The existance of God can never be proven. And the concept of Faith may seem foolish to many. As I have stated earlier, Anger, by its' self, is nothing. It is what modivates that Anger into existance that will always determine Love or Hate. We can be Angry to protect a child from harm letting them know that we Love them, or we can be Angry because we Hate being near or even seeing a set of actions take place. Respect is also a sub emotion to Love indicating a level of acceptance of another's authority.

Maybe Audrey was upset to read in a recent email that I was still exhibiting signs of anger to God. To learn more about this friend of mine, Audrey, Click Here)!

I never knew this about myself prior to coming to know Audrey, but through examination of my emotions I found that at the core of my anger was this thought that "I was being taken for granted" on issues or on values of which I gave high praise. The more a person knew me or the more a person should know me (such as a brother) the easier it was for these emotions to surface. It was from understanding this affect on me and why it had the affect it did have on me, that I began to examine ways to defuse the likelihood of these same intense emotions from ever surfacing ever again. What has worked for me lied in the ability to lower my own expectations of those around me.

None of us are Gods, but often times people may place the expectations that we act like Gods; never making a mistake, or thinking that we should be all-knowing.