Anger

This is an interesting topic that I had a brief discussion about on another blog. It is related to my previous blog on losing faith. It seems that many people lose their faith because they are angry at God. The debate was/is, is it okay to be angry at God. The other blogger's thoughts and many of the comments were a resounding, "Yes!" My thoughts, not really. I think anger is a dangerous poison to mess around with. Now, I DO get angry. I DO have a bad temper, at times. The thing is, even though life really sucks sometimes, I'm very careful about blaming God and being angry at Him. One of the commenters on the other blog mentioned the end of Job when God spoke to Job through a storm. The commenter said that God justifies Job for being angry, if I remember correctly. I went back yesterday and read this story to see exactly what God said. Now, Job tends to be known as that guy in the bible that was tested to the extreme and never doubted God. Actually, at the end of Job, he starts reaching the end of his rope and begins to question God for all the bad things that had happened. He is worked up even more by some of his friends. Then, God appears in a storm and speaks. In a nutshell, God says, "Who do you think you are to question what I do? Were you around when the world was made? Did you put barriers on the oceans? Do you have the power to feed all the beings of the earth?" He pretty much tells Job that he has a purpose for everything he does and is not one to be questioned. So, I don't think it's okay to be angry at God. In fact, we know that God didn't make all the bad stuff happen to Job. He merely allowed it to happen. There's a difference. Job's response to God, "Sorry!"