We have his example for both calm and fierce. We have the Holy Spirit guiding us to be sometimes quiet but also making speeches, sometimes serving but also speaking up, sometimes victorious and other times martyrs.
Jesus got angry. He threw tables and chairs. He chased people with whips. He did this openly in public.
Jesus did not sit with abusers. He called them vipers and snakes. He wasn’t a people pleaser.
You got the feet washing the same as the "Get Behind Me Satan" from Jesus. He was not tame (but he was good).
False doctrine paints him & us as REQUIRED to be gentle all the time, and that's absolutely wrong.
So you project all those thoughts onto an innocent, voiceless child and say it's for their own good they won't have to suffer. "Life isn't worth it. Fighting for hope isn't possible. No better solution. No meaning or purpose involved." I truly pity people who think this way.
The desire to abort a baby so that there is no suffering for the family or the baby is a form of suicidal ideation. You feel miserable, and prefer death, and maybe feel dehumanized by the world, but you feel stuck in this life, or are too much a coward to actually commit suicide.
P.S. I also officially forgive the boy on the bus in 9th grade who told me that my bloodlines meant I was full of s#!t. 🤣 Although I cannot affirm or deny whether I am at times.
Because I am half German/Welsh and half Spanish/Indian/Black, I officially petition my White side to apologize for the indignities of the past and to pay reparations. My white side agrees but says the payments will have to come in small offerings of food.
Progressives, Liberals, Leftists, and Democrats have shown me time and time again that they CANNOT handle even the calmest and kindest debate I have to offer. If your ideas are so gridlocked, don't be surprised when the "evil" dissenter in front of you blows you off.
How do we punch down on Satan? Worship God. Serve and love others. Believe God's promises. Share the gospel. Make Satan sorry he ever stirred your hornet's nest.
When Satan hits me hard, I have learned to recognize he really isn't punching "down" but "up at." I'm absolutely not under his authority. God made it so I am the one punching down on Satan. That's all. Punch back when he tries to mess with you. Hit him where it hurts.
God doesn't want us to stuff our feelings and just focus on joy. He is good with us feeling utter heartbreak and at the same time seeing beauty around us. He is so multifaceted.... And we are made in his image. It's ok to have all the bad feelings and also the good.