Positive Anger

A few weeks before I left to come to Taiwan, I heard Rev. Mark Whitt preach at Westside Baptist Church in Murray, KY. On that particular Sunday night, his sermon was about anger. But, he came from a different viewpoint than what is usually preached on this topic. He talked about how we should become angry whenever people are being mistreated...are hurting...etc. Whenever others are being put down, we should be upset about it. Whenever there are people all over the world suffering because they don't have food, shelter, water...we should be angry and try to do something to help out.

I have felt this way for the past week or so. I have seen my students mistreat each other in some harsh ways. They have drawn negative-viewed pictures about other students. They have called other students hurting names. They have made fun of those different from them. My heart is broken for the lack of respect and kindness from the students who are performing these acts and hurting others. I am seriously angry about the situations at hand. I'm not talking about anger that leads to sin...I'm speaking of the kind of anger that comes out of concern and a kind that results in positive reactions.

Please pray for these 4th and 5th grade students. Pray that they will come to an understanding of how hurtful their words and actions can be. Pray for salvation.

Also, please pray for next week. Every day in the afternoons next week, we have parent/teacher conferences. May those go smoothly and may God give us (the teachers) the right words to say.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers! Love you all!