What Makes You Angry

I watched one of the newer Nooma videos today over lunch. It was called "Store" and it was about anger. I thought Pastor Bell brought up a good point. He said something like this.

Whenever we're trying to help someone find out what they should do with their lives, we usually ask what it is they love, what it is that makes them "come alive," so to speak. But what if we started asking, instead, what is it that makes you angry? What is it that, when you see it, makes you say, "That's not right. Somebody should do something about this!"

He tells the story of a man who needs healed and the Pharisees are seeing whether or not Jesus will break the Sabbath and heal this man. Jesus asks, "Is it better to do evil [i.e. not healing] or to do good?" The Pharisees, because of the hardness of their hearts, say nothing. At which point, Jesus gets angry. And what does He do in His anger? He heals the man.

How great would it be if, when we got angry, good things happened? That when we got angry, we could cause there to be less pain, less suffering in the world, not more?What is it that makes you angry? What is it that someone should do something about? Have an answer? I think you've discovered your life call.