Hangover
Sometimes I experience hangover. A hangover is descriptive of the unpleasant head and body reactions to something ingested the day before; the after affects of indulgence. I have had many hangovers. In my youth, these were the result of alcohol consumption but in my mid-life, hangovers act like sinus issues that cause headaches as I react to various foods and even scents. The world has become toxic and I am not alone in my reactions. There are some buildings that have request signs posted on their doors and walls “Fragrance free zone”, “Peanut and nut allergies; be aware”. The world is polluted and polluting and people are getting sick as a result.
Emotional Hangover
Today I have an emotional hangover. I had an unpleasant exchange with someone I love and it has left me feeling sad, disappointed and a little weak, sick at heart. We poured verbal venom into one another and today, I wonder about long term affects. Allergic type reactions that dictate how we interact in the future? To say I am contrite would be a lie. I felt justified in the venomous verbal spillage but than again, this is how it always is when we feel right(eous), isn’t it dear reader?
Fights and Quarrels
“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures” (James 4:1-3).
What I know is that whenever there is verbal violence, a toxic exchange, God was not consulted, he wasn’t asked to mediate. My remedy for this emotional hangover is him, his Word. It is his correction that convicts me and has me be accountable for my own words and actions “All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison” (James 3:7-8).
Oh the tongue: to tame it is my plan, with Gods help.
