Friends, burn that letter written in anger
Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, was angered by an army officer who accused him of favoritism. Stanton complained to Lincoln, who suggested that Staton write the officer a sharp letter. Stanton did, and showed the strongly worded missive to the President. “What are you going to do with it?” Lincoln inquired.
Surprised, Stanton replied, “Send it.”
Lincoln shook his head. “You don’t want to send that letter,” he said. “Put it in the stove. That’s what I do when I have written a letter while I am angry. It’s a good letter and you had a good time writing it and feel better. Now, burn it, and write another.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.” (Ephesians 4:26-27 KJV)
Many a bridge has been burned by not “burning” that letter, and that opportunity to show His Light in you.
