Today's reading: Mark 11-12

"When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the merchants and their customers. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the stalls of those selling doves." Mark 11:15 NLT

It's reassuring to see the 'human' side of Jesus recorded in the Scriptures. Especially reassuring to someone like myself who has the occasion to fly of the handle in anger.

One might okay your reactions to the unlovely people in your life...if it weren't for the verses preceding Jesus' controlled rant:

"So Jesus came to Jerusalem and went into the Temple. He looked around carefully at everything, and then left..." Mark 11:11 NLT

A perfect example for me to 'look before leaping'! A solid system that I could put into place in my life as how not to 'jump out of the frying pan and into the fire'.

Was the anger justified? Absolutely! Was Jesus right in setting the scene to order?

Yes, without a doubt!

But He looked around first. I'm sure He went off and prayed about what it was He was supposed to do. He made an effort to understand all that was going on, decide ahead of time what to do and He chose to react based upon His Father's leading--not an emotional roller coaster He might have had a ticket to ride.

A very important lesson for me to learn. A very important lesson, indeed.