Doctors from Coral Gables, Fla., compared the efficiency of the heart's pumping action in 18 men with coronary artery disease to nine healthy controls. Each of the study participants underwent one physical stress test (riding an exercise bicycle) and three mental stress tests (doing math problems in their heads, recalling a recent incident that had made them very angry, and giving a short speech to defend themselves against a hypothetical charge of shoplifting). Using sophisticated X-ray techniques, the doctors took pictures of the subjects' hearts in action during these tests.
For all the subjects, anger reduced the amount of blood that the heart pumped to body tissues more than the other tests, but this was especially true for those who had heart disease.
Why anger is so much more potent than fear or mental stress is anybody's guess. But until we see more research on this subject, it couldn't hurt to count to 10 before you blow your stack.
Spokesman-Review, July 29, 1993, p. D3.
James 4:1-2 (NIV) "1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God."
What are the desires of your heart? Do you care more about whether you are right or wrong or do you truly want to be known for one that loves to their own hurt. Are you willing to die to anger so that others know you care for them more than you care that you are right. Being angry at others and wanting them to hurt is like making poison for others to drink and partaking of it yourself. Sadly, people tend to justify their anger instead of accepting responsibility for it.
Two Greek words in the New Testament are translated as “anger.” One means “passion, energy” and the other means “agitated, boiling.” This week make sure you turn your passion and energy into love and energy for relationships not acid.
For all the subjects, anger reduced the amount of blood that the heart pumped to body tissues more than the other tests, but this was especially true for those who had heart disease.
Why anger is so much more potent than fear or mental stress is anybody's guess. But until we see more research on this subject, it couldn't hurt to count to 10 before you blow your stack.
Spokesman-Review, July 29, 1993, p. D3.
James 4:1-2 (NIV) "1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God."
What are the desires of your heart? Do you care more about whether you are right or wrong or do you truly want to be known for one that loves to their own hurt. Are you willing to die to anger so that others know you care for them more than you care that you are right. Being angry at others and wanting them to hurt is like making poison for others to drink and partaking of it yourself. Sadly, people tend to justify their anger instead of accepting responsibility for it.
Two Greek words in the New Testament are translated as “anger.” One means “passion, energy” and the other means “agitated, boiling.” This week make sure you turn your passion and energy into love and energy for relationships not acid.
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