Let me repeat that again it is ok to have hard days…. It is ok to have a bad day.. What is not ok is to take everyone down with you…. I am saying this because I have taken my bad day out on those around me because I wanted them to feel the same way I felt… That is not fair to anyone not even myself.

As a follower of Christ I am called to be a light… I hear the sigh because honestly I just sighed typing it. Some days I do not want to be light I want to be a stinker. I want to be like the world telling me it is ok to be angry,it is ok to bring everyone down with you because you are having a hard day, it is ok to be offended….I hear the world saying it is ok, the world tells us to be angry, to be offended, ignore those who have hurt you. I even hear the world preaching this… I in some ways have bought into it. I have said to myself I deserve to be angry, I deserve to be hurt because of what was done to me…

As I study Scripture the more realize God never once said it was good for man to be angry. I feel people right now saying what about righteous anger? Can I a human truly have righteous anger? I think about how throughout Scripture anger led to sin. Cain and Abel anger and jealousy caused murder… I hear you right now “that was not righteous anger.. that was a brother jealous.” Ok… How about Peter? In the garden his anger got the best of him and he cut off a soldiers ear. Jesus told him to stop, and Jesus healed that man. Jesus never called us to do things in anger…. He told us to do things in love. Even when we are having a bad day the most loving thing we can do is decide not to take it out anyone else… They could be the person who changes our whole day…

I have caused more damage than good when I let my belly button view become my only view. I get so worried about how unfair my day was that I forget to be like Jesus… I forget to be the light of the world. Friends it is ok to have a bad day… Do NOT let that bad day continue to bleed into the following days, weeks, months and years. I have unfortunately done that. I was glorifying the enemy over the Maker. As 2023 ends and 2024 is just around the corner I challenge each of you to let go of the bad days and walk in the newness. Jesus came back not angry at those who crucified Him, He came calling each of us to be the light. Oh 2024 I cannot wait to see how we can be the change for Kingdom glory.