ANGRY

God's judgment never falls randomly.  In fact, His anger has to be pried open.  It's very difficult to evoke God's anger.  But His mercy has a hair trigger.  His grace is so easily activated.

That's why the Bible says God's wrath flows to the third and fourth generations, but His mercy courses to thousands of generations.

God isn't angry with you right now.

That's how I know God isn't angry with you right now.  He loves you too much to let you go.  He pursues you -- even into your sin and disobedience He does.  He pleads with you to turn back.  He'll never leave you alone.  He'll badger you, He'll bother you, He'll pester you, He'll prod you, He'll heckle you ... but if you keep refusing Him, ultimately He'll let you have your way and allow you to reap the consequences of your resistance.

But even this is for our good, to bring us to Him.

'God knows that when the cold wind blows, it might turn our head around.'

And be blessed.