Anger is not a Feeling From God

The family is in the center of God’s creation.  The family is the reasoning for almost all things.  We came to Earth to be tested, get a body, and be sealed to our family.  The proclamation to the World that family is the central to the Creator’s Plan. We also learn in it that the “husband and wife have the solemn responsibility to love and care for each other” and a “sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World” 1995)
We strive as families to not let anything get in the way of our eternal happiness.  However, no matter how hard we try Satan will always be trying to pull us down.  He is working now more than ever to attack the family.  He attacks the family in a number of ways.  He introduces things like pornography, affairs, drugs, violence, and premarital sex into our homes.  His influence is everywhere.  The television can’t be turned on without bringing something negative and down trotting into our homes.  Satan is really good at causing problems and making things worse.  He loves to make us feel like we can’t control our emotions and thoughts.  We can control being angry and we can control our feelings and reactions. We were all given free agency which gives us the choice to choose.  
When we are angry it is important for us to remember that that is not a feeling from God.  God does not give us feelings that would do us harm or danger.  Anger is from Satan.  He rejoices in our sorrow.  In Eph. 4:26 Paul asks the question, “Can ye be angry, and not sin?” The Lord is very clear on this issue: “He that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another. " We have been given our agency and we have the choice if we want to be angry or not.  We have the choice if we let it enter into our lives.

It is important as mothers and fathers that we not let the anger get the best of us.  We have been trusted with sweet little children who trust and love us.  We need to love and guide them and not let anger get in our way of being loving parents to them.  I have a 4 year old and 6 year old.  Some days my anger does become a problem.  I love my children and I hate being upset with them.  When I do get mad at them I feel guilty and disappointed in myself.  Being a parent isn’t something that we all come great at.  It takes work and a lot of practice.  The best thing we can do is love and try our best at keeping the anger out of our home.  We need to make sure that our children know that they are loved.