When Anger Rattles You, Let Love Spill Out

• By candidasullivan
• September 2, 2025
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What’s your default reaction? Do you look for the best in everything and everyone, or the worst?

The enemy loves to get us upset with each other. He will take a small gesture and twist it until he can turn it into a considerable grievance. So often, it’s not someone else that hurts us. It is the lies that the enemy tells us. When we give Satan our attention and listen to the lies he tells us, they continue to grow.

It’s not really the circumstance that causes us to feel upset, but rather the story the enemy weaves about the situation.

We had a situation at work many years ago that affected different people. It was the same situation for everyone, but people handled it differently. Some people reacted with anger, and some responded with love. I remember being in awe of those who showed love.

Every day, in every situation, I want my default response to be love. I want to have eyes that see the best in people and a mind that thinks the most excellent thoughts. When Satan rattles me, I want God’s love to spill out. Therefore, I try to practice it continuously.

Being angry all the time makes me feel bad, and I don’t want to feel bad all the time. At times, it feels as if my mind is programmed to think and believe the absolute worst. But I fight those first initial feelings. When I get angry and wallow in the anger, it controls my life. And I don’t want the enemy controlling me.

One morning, everything was upsetting me—horrible thoughts started overtaking my mind. The more I reacted, the more negativity I attracted. With my mind and heart overwhelmed by all the negative thoughts, I asked God to help me. In that moment, God flipped a switch, and I realized none of these thoughts were mine. The enemy was trying to get me to fight with my loved one, even though he hadn’t done anything wrong. God revealed the true enemy, and I was able to redirect my thoughts toward love.

So I feel the emotion and then ask God to give me His perspective on the situation. I don’t want to be deceived by Satan. Nor do I want to let small issues escalate into huge problems in my life.

Romans 12:9 KJV
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

When I allow myself to think negative, unloving thoughts about another person, then the enemy wins. But when I can choose to think loving thoughts, even amid difficult situations, it helps me and everyone else involved. In my life, I want love to win every single time.

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