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Subject: Our Daily Bread “A Word From The Undertaker”
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:24:25 GMT
From: (George Mooth)
Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com
Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian

February 25 Thursday

A WORD FROM THE UNDERTAKER

Read: Ephesians 4:17-32

Do not let the sun go
down on your wrath.
-Ephesians 4:26

In Thomas Lynch’s popular book The Undertaking: Life
Studies From The Dismal Trade, he reflects on his work
as a funeral director in a small Michigan town. In 25
years, he has overseen some 5,000 burials. How has it
shaped his thinking?

“It tends to make me want to resolve conflicts a
little quicker,” Mr. Lynch says, “because I’ve seen
people go off to work who don’t come home.”

How many times have we huffed out of the house in the
morning or turned out the light at night with anger
smoldering in our hearts? Oh, we probably intend to
resolve the conflict eventually, but not now. Let the
other person suffer awhile in silence, we think. But if
we dealt with heartbroken survivors as often as Mr.
Lynch, it would change the way we think and act.

“Do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give
place to the devil,” the Bible counsels (Eph. 4:26-27).
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (v.32). The
issue is not what others have done to us, but what
Christ has done for us.

There’s no better time than right now to apologize or
offer forgiveness, and to restore a priceless
relationship. The undertaker knows.
-David C. McCasland

Putting It Into Practice
What keeps me from taking care of anger immediately?
What do I do when another person does not respond to
attempts at reconciliation? See Romans 12:17-21.

BE SLOW TO ANGER AND QUICK TO REPENT.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.

– Geo -

Edwardsburg, MI

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