What brought me back from the dark side? A good long run and a couple donuts from the durham farmers market. And signing up to run 10 miles in April. And planning a date for daniel and i in the upcoming week. And making sure the event on Monday has all the details worked out.
When I get mad, I get angry. Think Jesus overturning tables mad, except my anger isn't as righteous as his. But ever since I worked in the inner city, my blood can boil about issues of injustice, oppression, and wrongness. I think when you experience life so rawly and on the edge of so much brokenness, all the layers of civilization aka rules of proper society flake a bit. You get in touch with the more emotional, also animal part of your humanity- because you go into survival mode and you do what you can to come out okay and on top.
What is the Christian perspective on those statements? Lord, send the holy spirit to act and work. Otherwise, darkness can creep in and take over. Feelings of despair and hopelessness because things are not right. And you cling to the gospel because you know those are places god came to light up when he came down as Jesus. Jesus was the light of the world, is the light to shine in the darkness. and you have to hold onto that light.
But it doesn't make coming back into civilized social spheres any easier. Where the name of the game is control, especially control of emotions, good or bad.
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