In the moment, everyone's Anger always seems righteous. Anger is a feeling, after all, and it sweeps over us and tells us we're being denied something we should have. It provides its own justification. But an emotion is just an emotion. It's not critical thinking. Anger doesn't pause. We have to stop, and we have to question it.

We humans are experts at casting ourselves as victims and rewriting narratives that put us in the center of injustices. (More on this in a bit.) And we can repaint our anger or hatred of someone —  say, anyone who threatens us —  into a righteous-looking work of art. And yet, remarkably, in Jesus's teaching, there is no allowance for "Okay, well, if someone really is a jerk, then yeah — you need to be offended." We're flat-our told to forgive, even — especially! —  the very stuff that's understandably maddening and legitimately offensive.

That's the whole point:

The thing that you think makes your anger "righteous" is the very thing you are called to forgive.

Grace isn't for the deserving. Forgiving means surrendering your claim to resentment and letting go of anger.

~From Unoffendable by Brant Hansen 

Stay Encouraged and Be Blessed!