Anger Management Part 2

                                                             

       "PRAY UNTO THE FATHER WITH ALL THE ENERGY OF HEART,
                      THAT YE MAY BE FILLED WITH THIS LOVE"
                                                     MORONI 7: 48

In this week's lesson, I learned much about "charity." I tend to think I give charity when I volunteer at my local food pantry or take a meal or give money to someone on the street corner. This week taught me a new perspective; to give charity by not showing "anger." I labeled this blog "Anger Management Part 2 because the last blog spoke about seeing through my spouse's perspective and helping him in his "irks." However, this blog concentrates on "Christs" love.

I love the dimensions of Jesus Christ's Charity that H. Wallace Goddard, Ph.D. speaks about.

"The phrase 'love of Christ' might have a meaning in three dimensions: Love for Christ, Love from Christ, and Love like Christ." 

If Jesus Christ can love me and others even when I/we sin on purpose, then I can love even when my spouse may make me angry. Wait a minute! Make me angry? haven't I learned I choose my response? That is what this class has been all about.

"Charity is the culminating gift of our spiritual seeking"(123)

In creating my own (new) story I want to incorporate these three dimensions:

1.Love for Christ: Because of Jesus Christ's Eternal Atonement I can only Love Him, therefore, I can choose to only see the good in my husband.

2. Love from Christ: Jesus Christ loves me with all my faults and prideful indignation: I can/do love my husband knowing he is trying hard to ignore my imperfections like I'm trying to ignore his. In fact, becoming blind to them.

3. Love like Christ: Jesus Christ loves unconditionally knowing my faults but seeing me as A Child of God while I am struggling and stumbling to be His disciple. Jesus Christ not only constantly forgives me, but constantly sees me as He Atoned for me.

 I can love my husband seeing him as Christ sees him.

* H. Wallace Goddard Ph.D. Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage, Utah: Joymap (2009), 116.

*  H. Wallace Goddard Ph.D. Drawing Heaven into Your Marriage, Utah: Joymap (2009), 123.