Thursday, January 6, 2011

Which of Cain's reasonses to God - anger, defensiveness, fear, shame - do you identify?

I think we all could identify with each of these reasons.  We all get angry, we get defensive against one another, we most definitley feel fear at times, and by the end of it all we have shame.  How angry do I get?  I would say that I'm kind of on the slow end of anger.  A lot of people think I have a great amount of patience, and I would say that that is probaby true.  Now of course, when I do get angry, I'll say some things that I don't really mean and can be hurtful.  We all do that.  I know that when something not right comes out of my mouth, and it's already too late to take it back, not only does the other party get defensive, but I'll get defensive too at times.  Those are times that you have to be really careful, because, sometimes, being defensive, probably even to an extreme point, can be very nasty!  Now when your argument is all over, you might have a fear that that person might not want to speak with you anymore.  I know I've had that happen a lot of times.  That's what makes me reflect on what I said to the other person.  When I find out where I made my mistakes, then I feel shame, which then makes me want to deeply ask for forgiveness for all that I have caused.  I generally don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.  I can really be a nice person to everyone.  But of course, I'm human, so I'm not perfect at all!  But in all my wrongdoings, I am bound to find the error of my ways and ask whoever for forgiveness and hope for the best that they will forgive me out of the kindess of their heart.

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