When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out, whatever it is, that is a goodindication of what is inside." Anon

This sayıng illustrates the truth of Jesus Christ's point when he said, "Whatso-ever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught, but those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man."

Jesus went on to say for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man."

Jesus on another occasion told us that "out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things; But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

We might think that if we say something wrong when we are angry, that we can blame it on our temper and therefore justify it. This saying tells us that what we say when we are angry is a good indication of what is really inside.

The "wrong" said in anger is still wrong. We can think of many Biblical examples of those who "spoke unadvisably with their lips" in anger, as did Moses, and were held accountable for it.

Jacob speaking of two of his sons said, "Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel." David speaking of wrath and anger said, "cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth."

The wise man told us that "he that is slow to anger is better than the mighty" He also said, "he that is slow to wrath is of great understanding."

It is not a sin to be angry. It is sin to say or do wrong while we are angry. Paul told us, "be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath." James adds, "for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God."

We need to be careful when we are angry. That is the time to delay, to slow down, as Solomon said and to "be angry and sin not" as Paul advised.

Just because what we said or did was in anger is no justification for wrong words or actions. What is inside does come out when we are angry but our anger does not make it right.

We first need to be busy putting the right kinds of thoughts and words inside because we cannot get out that which hasn't first been put in. Few of us have ever said a swear word in Chinese or Russian because we haven't put those words in us.

Unfortunately, we have all heard words that ought never to be repeated, not even in anger. We remember the man who blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed when he was in a fight. God's verdict was "stone him." If everyone who has ever cursed suddenly was to drop dead we would have an empty planet, yet God has not changed His mind on the seriousness of this sin.

Let us then be extremely careful what we say and do when we are angry for as Jesus reminded us "for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." "Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in the sight of our LORD who is our strength and our redeemer.'