Hurricanes suck in all the wind and the water. They're into retaliation. Im gonna get you back. Ill keep score. You cant tell. You dont know what theyre doing. And then all of a sudden, the hurricane comes to shore and you are in serious, serious trouble. How many people in here watch 24? Man, that show is awesome, isnt it? My boy Jack Bower! I love him! Jack Bower, no thats okay you can clap. (Ed and audience clapping) Jack Bower handles anger like a hurricane. I like the way Jack talks. He (Ed gesturing speaking in a low, low voice) he, he talks very soft like this, very soft. His cell phones always works. (audience laughter) He talks very soft, but you can tell its building and building and building and then one day he begins *#!*&! (Ed screaming in loud voice). I love you _________________ like that. (audience laughter)
Movies, novels, television shows they handle anger like hurricanes. They build and build and build and boom! Whenever Ive tried to get someone back, whenever Ive tried to retaliate it doesnt get me where I want to go. That is a destructive, destructive weather pattern. And maybe youre living with someone like that. Maybe you know someone like that. Maybe you work for someone like that. How do you handle anger?
Paul told young Timothy this, examine yourself, he said. Study yourself. In other words, unravel those complex emotions. We have to understand the weather patterns in our lives. How do we process, how do we deal with anger? Anger is a learned response. We learn it. Well, man, Im just, Im just that way. Man, my father had a, had a, had a hair trigger temper. Or my mother, she, she iced people out. My uncle, man, he was a hurricane.
Pastor Ed Young says, thats just the way I handle anger. Ah, dont be lying to yourself, because how many times have you been in an argument with your spouse or in the family youre going blah, blah, *#!*#!, the phone rings, hello. (audience laughter) Yes. Shes right here. (audience continues laughing) Its a learned response. Theres destructive anger also theres constructive anger. How do we process anger? How do we channel anger? Thats a good one to think about. How do you do it?
