I used to think a lot of things that I don't think anymore. So in honor of that and to growth and the

ability to change our hearts and minds, I want to welcome you to the I used to think season of the

Jesus Over Everything podcast where once again I hope to bring some clarity to some issues that we

might be confused about,

or maybe just maybe need to revisit or at least give consideration to you that we were taught

and have maybe put on a shelf or haven't thought about for a very long time or maybe ever.

At this season of my life, I'm more sure than ever about Jesus, the Bible, and many of my

core convictions. And I'm more able than ever to say, the Bible, and many of my core convictions. And I'm more

able than ever to say, you know, I used to think this, and now I don't anymore. And one of those

has to do with the issue of anger. I often call myself a self-professed feisty work in progress, but one thing I have always said was that I'm

really not an angry person. I'm really not like a violent person in the sense that I don't throw things,

I don't get into rages, I don't really even yell. It's just not my personality. And so I used to

think that I really didn't have any issues with anger. I also used to think that saying that I was

angry at any point about something meant that I was admitting to being some sort of terrible person in some way.

And so maybe part of that claim that I didn't have any issues with anger was sort of ensuring my goodness, so to speak.

Because after all, is there anything worse than an angry woman? I'm actually

kind of posing that as a question to us in a way, because I've noticed that in society, we

almost allow women to be anything but angry. We're fine with a crying woman. We're used to a woman who is busy and so that's acceptable.

A woman who serves everyone else all the time is great and noble. In fact, we hold them up in the

highest of regards, even when that service is not boundeered or is really people pleasing at its core and causes all this exhaustion.

We're so great with it because, let's be honest, often we benefit. We are even good with a woman

with mental health issues much of the time when she struggles with anxiety or even depression.

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