Changing an Angry Spirit
From the moment we are born, we quickly develop attachments . . . to food and drink, parents, siblings, our natural environment, etc. As we mature, those attachments rapidly grow into a Byzantine web of roles, constraints, preferences and responsibilities. That web quickly networks across the landscape of our familial, financial, moral, legal, societal and spiritual realms.
Keeping all those orbits of our identity in balance create a happy and purposeful life. The Bible says that Jesus - our pattern for life - "kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 2:52). In other words, the various realms of His life kept expanding in perfect balance.
However, as you may have noticed, we're not Jesus. We're all flawed creatures. Our life seems to continually get out of balance. The various attachments of our life - food, drink, housing, marriage, sex, family, religion, citizenship, career, rest and relaxation, etc. - continually call out to us. They keep pulling us into larger and longer commitments, making greater demands, and becoming less respectful of the other realms of our lives.
Keeping them in balance is a lifelong challenge.
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