My Temper


Losing my temper still afflicts me even though I've been in recovery for a while. I am trying to allow God to work on this defect in my character, but I sometimes feel what seems to be an uncontrollable impulse to judge and condemn another.

When I have such an emotional outburst, I'm really asserting that everything the I think and do is right and that everything the other person does is wrong. Sometimes the other person is God.

When I lose control, I surrender to my problems. It is better to surrender to God, to place Him in control.

God, grant me Your serenity and calm. Quieten my spirit. Take control.

—Anonymous