When to be Angry

“The trouble with patience is that the more a fellow has, the more folks want to use.”
(E. C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)

The apostle Paul says to “be angry and sin not.”   From that verse I deduct that there are times when you DO need to get angry.  You will find scriptures where God himself had had enough, and he was angry.

If your children’s church class is out of control you may need to get angry before things get better.

In one church where I was asked to teach the kids church, when I started the class was completely out of control.  They were good kids gone wild.  It was pretty much impossible to teach, so at one point I thought, “you know, I don’t get paid for this, and I am not putting up with this.”  I raised my voice and I told them to “sit down and shut up”.  Of course the kids eyes were big with shock and whether or not you agree with what I did, this was the result.  The kids came and sat down in front of me and they listened.  I never had to raise my voice again after that.  That church turned out to be the best experience of all of my years teaching children’s ministry, even to this day.  I have never experienced kids that worshipped like those kids did, and they hungered after the word of God.  I am not totally sure why so many good things happened there, perhaps much prayer, but one thing is for certain, I had to get angry before it turned around.  The kids have to know you mean business!

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