K
Kyouken
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Something simple, but awesome:
About three weeks ago, I started learning some boxing moves from my friend, just for fun. I thought it was pretty awesome, so I agreed to learning some more. After learning enough to spar, I did so with a different friend who learned some moves a little later by the same friend. We exchanged a lot of punches, and I gotta say, getting punched a lot doesn't make me very happy
. I then sparred with the friend who taught me. He was getting me pretty good, and near the end of the fight, I got pretty angry. I tend to have a lot of anger inside of myself, not particularly at anyone or anything. Now when I say a lot, I don't mean a lot - I mean that once it gets started a lot of it gets released. Before I go any farther, I understand that anger is God given. Also, the worst I've done with that anger is get into fights with my brother; we never had any serious injuries, though. When I got angry in the match, there were times where I just wanted to let loose, and, praise God, I didn't. After the fight, while walking home, I thought about how angry I was. I immediately turned to God about the matter, and asked Him to help me control this so I don't get out of control. I decided that if it were to happen that I would stop boxing.
Today, I sparred again against the same two people and a different person, but this time, I prayed with my sparring partner (the second friend I introduced in the above paragraph; he's Christian and has some years under his belt God-wise). It wasn't surprising, but I was able to control what anger I had. He helped me during the match, too (but I'm pretty sure He helped my partner as well!). Praise God! I hope you all get something out of this, if even a mustard seed's worth.
About three weeks ago, I started learning some boxing moves from my friend, just for fun. I thought it was pretty awesome, so I agreed to learning some more. After learning enough to spar, I did so with a different friend who learned some moves a little later by the same friend. We exchanged a lot of punches, and I gotta say, getting punched a lot doesn't make me very happy
. I then sparred with the friend who taught me. He was getting me pretty good, and near the end of the fight, I got pretty angry. I tend to have a lot of anger inside of myself, not particularly at anyone or anything. Now when I say a lot, I don't mean a lot - I mean that once it gets started a lot of it gets released. Before I go any farther, I understand that anger is God given. Also, the worst I've done with that anger is get into fights with my brother; we never had any serious injuries, though. When I got angry in the match, there were times where I just wanted to let loose, and, praise God, I didn't. After the fight, while walking home, I thought about how angry I was. I immediately turned to God about the matter, and asked Him to help me control this so I don't get out of control. I decided that if it were to happen that I would stop boxing. Today, I sparred again against the same two people and a different person, but this time, I prayed with my sparring partner (the second friend I introduced in the above paragraph; he's Christian and has some years under his belt God-wise). It wasn't surprising, but I was able to control what anger I had. He helped me during the match, too (but I'm pretty sure He helped my partner as well!). Praise God! I hope you all get something out of this, if even a mustard seed's worth.
