Rant and Rave

A few years back, after I started this blog on grace, I also created its polar opposite, a blog where I would rant and rave—you know the kind where all you do is complain and whine about anything. I thought that what I shouldn't or couldn't say on this site, I'd freely write there.

I had four posts, which I struggled to compose. 

First off, I couldn’t find words nasty enough to make a post boil with rage. Unlike on this site where I couldn't stop writing, that angry site left me panting. I visited it to see whether it had enough readers. It had many!   

Ewww! Did I write those?!

Conclusion? My most visited post in that rant-and-ave site was where I spouted venom—a piece that, in hindsight, is about disgrace. 

Conclusion? Many people prefer enraged posts over tame ones. They get excited over reading—and agreeing to—those that spew malice and insult.

Conclusion? Rant & rave is in.

Well, there are just too many blood-curling issues today that incite blustering. So I need to revisit . . . .

My late dad saying, “You can disagree without being disagreeable.”

My boss/mentor saying, “You get things done faster with friends rather than enemies.”

King Pyrrhus of Epirus (who defeated the Romans at Asculum in a.d. 279, but lost his best officers and many of his troops) saying, "Another such victory and we are lost." To him is attributed the popular adage, “Win the battle but lose the war.” Ranting and raving can win small battles, but the bigger picture is—the war. It's what should be won.

The Scriptures saying, “Stop being angry! Turn from your rage! Do not lose your temper—it only leads to harm. For the wicked will be destroyed, but those who trust in the Lord will possess the land.”  Psalms 37:8-9 (NLT)

What next? 

I stop posting on that fierce-and-cruel blog. Because even if there are things to rant and rave about, grace yanks off my blinders and fixes my vision on the vista of blessings.