How To Not Hog The Road!
"He who is slow to anger is better
than the mighty, and he who rules
his spirit than he who takes a city."
Proverbs 16: 32
Fred had no self-control, and he left a path of
destruction behind him. He is a four-hundred-
pound hog who got loose in Colorado last
fall.
He covered four miles over ten days, tearing
up lawns and digging up roots along the way.
He was captured by animal service agents,
who found him a home at a local high
school’s agriculture
farm.
Too many people who lack self-control carve a path
of heartache and destruction. Peter told us to add
self-control to knowledge (2 Peter 1:6), and Paul
told Titus to bring self-control to the churches and
Christians on the island
of Crete (Titus 1:8).
He said, “For the grace of God has appeared that
offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say
‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to
live self-controlled” (Titus 2:11-12).
Is there an area of your life needing more
self-
discipline? Ask for God to work diligently on
that area. Anyone who tells you otherwise is
just speaking hogwash!
"Anger is not beautiful. Ungoverned temper
is not lovely. Rage is demonic.
But a spirit
calm, strong, and unflustered amid storms
of feeling and all manner of disturbing
emotions, is sublime in its beauty."
James Russell Miller