Righteous Anger
We looked ahead to the 3rd Sunday in Lent (Year B) this week, where we heard about righteous anger. At Passover, Jesus went to Jerusalem and found the temple being used for commercial purposes. He cleared it, in anger, rebuking those who made it a marketplace and calling for 'zeal' (great energy and enthusiasm) to return it to a place of worship.
This is an example in the Bible where we see the raw emotion of Jesus, as a human, and are reminded that we are all human too and our emotions are valid. What is important is what we do with those emotions. We can be angry but can we use our anger to direct change for the greater good?
We have been focusing this week on supporting the children, through the classroom wellbeing areas, to recognise and respond to their emotions in healthy and productive ways.