April 15 – Stepping Out of Resentment

Anger is almost never really about what it looks like on the surface. Today Pastor Mike and Larry — two United Methodist pastors working through it like the rest of us — dig into what anger actually is: a secondary emotion, usually rooted in fear. Larry brings a simple but powerful tool: get curious. Ask what's going on in you before you react to what's going on out there. And Mike adds a recovery lens that maps cleanly onto the same idea — the Step 10 inventory, that daily habit of looking at where the resentment is really coming from. The answer, almost always, is closer to home than we'd like. The stone for today: Resentment binds the heart. When anger is nursed and protected, it slowly darkens the inner life and blocks the peace God intends. Read today's full Daily Ripple at www.dailyripples.com — and we'd love to hear from you. Reach out any time at [email protected]. Daily Ripples is a daily devotional reflection connecting recovery principles with the life of faith. New episodes every day at dailyripples.com.