Control Your Anger

The Bible speaks a lot about dealing with anger:

"Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;" James 1:19

Ephesians 4:26
'Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,"

Proverbs 14:29

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Here's a little story to go along with this concept:
Nails In The Fence
Author Unknown

"There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there.”

The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said, “I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you.”

“Of course I can,” said the father."

Practice self control and don't let your emotion get the best of you. Don't be so quick to lash out or hurt someone because you're angry. Be angry at sin and discern how God would want you to deal with it.