Anger's Fog

I have received several emails over the past few days. These emails have not been encouraging, in fact they have been harsh, cruel and inflammatory. When people let anger take control over their lives it clouds their judgement and puts them in a fog. The emails I have received have been from people that are upset at the leadership team (of which I am a part) of my church. Our only goal at the church where I serve is to reach un-churched people for Christ. In this process many things have changed: i.e. Worship Styles, Home-Teams (Sunday school) etc. This has a lot of people angry because "their" church has been replaced by an emphasis on the un-churched and un-saved. The angry people have tried everything to tear down what God is doing. They profess lies and launch personal attacks on the staff of my church. All of this in the name of God and because they are angry. The people I refer to are well meaning people but I believe that anger has clouded the logic in their heads. When people sign their emails as "Jack Bauer" and then try to put it out there as a reasonable and logical discourse between two people is insane. If someone can't sign their real name to a written statement about something they believe in then I say they don't really believe in that cause and they most certainly can not be taken seriously about whatever they are talking about. Once again anger has taken over. When a professing Christian flat out says that people coming to know the Lord is not the most important thing that a Church can hope to accomplish then I say that anger has clouded that Christian's vision. Anger in itself is not bad, after all Christ was angry but did not sin. What is bad is that people let anger take control of them instead of controlling their anger. I pray that I never let anger take control of my life so that I find my self in a fog that is so thick that I can't find my way out of. I pray that Christ will always be my fog lights so I can find my way to clearer paths.