Reactions; Anger; Mistakes
Illustration★★★★Have you ever been angry and wanted to react? Someone does something dis- honest or unjust, and you feel like setting them straight or taking revenge. A man in England who hadn’t been paid the £600 for work he’ d done, was so upset that he drove a backhoe into the foyer of a hotel in Liverpool and went on a rampage, causing massive damage. But here’s the thing.
He actually had been paid. There was a glitch at the bank and the money was transferred into his account late. Even as he was demolishing that foyer, the money was in his account. James wrote in James 1:19, “So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. ” Take a deep breath, think, pray—and you’ll do much less that you’ll later regret.
The point
A man destroyed a hotel foyer in revenge for unpaid wages, unaware the money had actually arrived at his bank during his rampage. Illustrates the importance of patience and verification before reacting to perceived injustice. Shows how hasty anger causes irreversible damage.