Slow to Wrath

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” James 1:19

A classroom is an excellent place to learn the importance of being slow to wrath. Each morning I stand in front of a room full of students, each of whom has had widely varying experiences before getting to school.

Some have not slept well, others have family drama weighing on them, still others are wrapped up in some little thing that didn’t go their way or are reeling from a car ride with a ...