Unrestrained Venting

Sidebar - I actually fell asleep in the middle of writing out this blog post for you all. Lol

Vent: to release; discharge; express; bring into the open; come out with; air; voice.

Unrestrained: uncontrolled; reckless; 

Let's chat a bit about unrestrained venting.

First of all, I want you to understand that there are appropriate and inappropriate ways that we should vent. But you knew that, right? 

Learning how to vent properly can save relationships, marriages, jobs, our nerves (lol), our energy, and our sanity.

Although my opinion is that it's never a good idea to vent unrestrained, I realize that we're all human and it does happen sometimes. 

Proverbs 16:24 KJV Reads:

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

This verse in scripture helps us to understand just how important our words are. 

Below I've identified a few inappropriate, unwise, and unprofessional ways and settings for unrestrained venting:

✅Via Facebook/social media (of course) 

✅To people who gossip.

✅During an argument.

✅While suffering from a fresh wound. 

✅From the pulpit or in front of a crowd

✅On your job; in the presence of customers

✅To those who are wounded or broken

✅While you're mad or frustrated. 

It's okay to pause before responding.

Pause, breathe,( think about how what you want to say will sound), and then respond calmly.

Be reminded that one of the fruits of the Spirit is temperance: self-control; self-discipline; self-restraint.

Galatians 5:22-23 KJV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, [23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

When these fruits are not in operation, it just shows and proves that our flesh has more control over us than the Spirit of God.

Wonder why it seems as though the same things always happen to trigger you?

Have you considered that maybe it's God allowing it to happen to mature you in this area?

If we are grown and up in age but yet still responding to situations and problems with a tantrum like a 3yr old, there is a problem.

We may not cry out loud and fall out on the floor - but our attitude, actions/reactions reveal our level of maturity.

At the end of the day, we can't control what people say or do, but we can control how we respond.