Anger: Aim It in the Right Direction

By Joni Tada

How to Aim Your Anger in the Right Direction

“God, why did you let this happen to me?” The death of a spouse, the betrayal of a friend, and the disability of a child are often so painful that we want to blame God. We all have times of anger, disappointment, and frustration. But when we aim that anger at God, we end up feeling empty, frustrated, and lost. Our anger can either destroy us with self-pity, or God can use it to make us joyful.

The key is to aim the anger in the right direction. This pamphlet will teach you how to practically apply scripture to:

• Learn to be transparent before the Lord.
• Lament to the Lord in the way that Bible characters did.
• Surrender despair to God.

The topics of anger and bitterness are issues that author, Joni Eareckson Tada, can speak to personally: A diving accident in 1967, when she was 17, left her a quadriplegic. She has lived 45 years in a wheelchair and she has experienced her share of ups and downs. “But,” she says, “oh, the difference the grace of God has made in my life.”

Let Joni tell you her secrets to peace and joy, despite her wheelchair. She has spent decades studying the Word of God. She knows that God does not enjoy seeing your pain and frustration. He has compassion for you and gives you many ways to deal with life so that you can have peace.

She has taken her most important insights on turning anger into joy (not bitterness) and encapsulated them into this 14-page pamphlet. Whether you or a loved one is suffering. This pamphlet will bring you some help to break free from the strangle hold of anger.

In this pamphlet, you will find hope. Joni tells her story of facing the news of being paralyzed the rest of her life. Joni shows you the right way and the wrong way of dealing with anger. She tells how she dealt with the anger and passes her tips onto others.

You can find freedom from the bondage of anger. Joni has been there and she shows you the way using biblical principles.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Release date: Aug 17, 2021
• ISBN: 9781596365988

Book preview

Are You Angry at God?

Leslie (not her real name) learned recently that her husband Ray was seeing another woman. She was stunned. When Ray told his wife that he had decided to stay with the other woman, it shattered Leslie’s life. At first her shock and anger was directed against her husband: How can he throw away our marriage? How will I support myself? But as time wore on, another list of angry questions surfaced: Lord, is this what you do to your people who trust you? Why have you abandoned me and the kids to face this awful nightmare?

Leslie was becoming angry at God and she knew it. Am I supposed to paste on a good Christian smile and pretend everything’s okay? I can’t relate to the Bible anymore when it tells me to not complain.

Perhaps you’ve been there. Maybe your boss fired you unfairly, or you were abused as a child. Perhaps you’ve been betrayed or you’re dealing with a progressive disease. Maybe your child is dealing with the disease and you are angry at God. You tense up when you think of him being sovereign over your life and all its misery.

As natural as anger may be, it has incredible potential to destroy. Some describe it as a black energy that demands immediate release and relief. Ironically, this sort of anger—unrighteous anger—ends up turning on us. It lies