I have never been in an anger management program. As I have intimated in many of my columns, I am a Christian and believe in the Word of God as the beginning and the end of all I need to know about growing as a human being. So, as I began to grapple with the rapidly recurring spillage of anger in my life, the Word began to minister to my spirit in just the manner that I would receive it. Forgiveness is the key. Forgiveness IS the key, not WAS the key.
Forgiveness is active, never passive, and always in the present tense.
Daily, I deal with forgiving those who have hurt me either intentionally or unintentionally. Daily, I pray for God s mercy so that I will walk in love with my fellow man. My life depends on the utterance, Forgive me my trespasses, as I forgive those who trespass against me . I must forgive them because what I continue to hold onto will remain with that person and also with me. My trespasses will not be forgiven me.