Anger always leaves casualties and chaos in its aftermath.
Consider King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther.
He was married to a beautiful woman named Vashti. Things seemed to be going great in their marriage until one day Vashti decided to do things her own way. You can’t blame the lady. Her husband wanted her to parade herself in front of a bunch of drunks at the height of one of the craziest parties ever thrown in the Persian kingdom.
Most of us wouldn’t fully appreciate the plight that Vashti was facing given that the story took place about a few thousand years ago. They didn’t even have cars then, let alone cell phones and twitter.
Can you imagine Vashti’s tweet the night the king demanded she sashay around the kingdom for the pleasure of a bunch of drunk frat boys?
@vashti: girl u ain’t gonna believe what the king wants me to do. Over my dead body.
Sure enough, the king got so mad he could have had the life snuffed out of poor strong minded Vashti. Instead, he forms a committee made up of a bunch of his cronies and a decision is made.
Vashti will be banished from the king forever.
Wow. That seems pretty drastic but you can check it out for yourself in Esther 1:19.
The king vents his anger. He wins the argument. His buddies pat him on the back.
All seems well on the surface until we get to Esther 2:1. Listen to these words:
“After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.”
There is something very significant in this verse that I don’t want you to miss.
In the aftermath of his anger, King A looks around and sees nothing but loss and chaos and one big casualty named Vashti.
You cannot afford to miss the lesson in this story.
No matter who you are or what your issue is, I can pretty much guarantee you that when your anger abates, your reason will return.
When your anger fades, reality will sink in.
When the torrent finally quiets down and the dust settles, you will get a chance to stop and assess the situation. And you will find that the situation is never pretty and the damage is always far greater than you anticipated or desired.
The grace of it all is that God still manages to use our sin and our failure for His glory. He does it every time without fail.
If you know the rest of the story, you know that were it not for King A’s anger, Esther would be nothing but an orphan living with her uncle. Instead, Esther becomes the new Queen, and eventually her people are saved from extinction.
God turns a devastated situation for His glory.
But just because God is grace doesn’t mean you have an excuse for your anger.
Because your anger will always leave casualties and chaos in its aftermath.
It’s true.
Just ask Queen Vashti.
Morning,I don’t like anger people with attitudes. yelling. The aftermath of any of it is never good.words can’t be taken back.feelings are hurt.and it seems like a life time to forget &forgive it.True, there I’d no excuse for our anger.we’re all guilty of it.I know for myself im not proud of it if it gets to that level.cuz I shut down.wont listen. Cuz what’s the point.were both upset & damage is already done. Great message. Very interesting topic.will lookup more readings later today. 1/2 smile
Now deeper in thought 
anger never accomplishes anything. Righteous anger is ok, but rarely do we think about it when angry. anger is blinding.
Amen Milo
morning btw
LOL at Vashti’s tweet
“The grace of it all is that God still manages to use our sin and our failure for His glory. He does it every time without fail.” love this part!
Just curious? Where would 1 find Ashti queen.
It’s in the book of Esther in the old testament, Gina, a couple of books before the Psalm!
U Rock Doc
ur ok 4 a short person 
Have a. day! U2 Tina and Jennine and baby Gere
night time reading. old testament. book of Esther..thank-you
love 2 learn…
What great truths about anger