It was impulsive! Dangerous! Maybe terribly foolish! But when Mrs. Sibert came upon a crime being committed on the streets of Detroit, she got angry and did something about it.

According to the newspaper story, she was driving along when she saw two muggers robbing a man at a bus stop. Immediately she began honking her horn. That brought a 12-gauge shotgun blast that made her car look like it had chickenpox. Undaunted, she sped through dark streets pursuing the thugs' car. The wild chase ended as the fugitives crashed into a parked vehicle and were arrested by the police.

Mrs. Sibert told the reporter, "I said to myself, I'm not going to let them get away with that! I just kept thinking of how that poor victim felt after being held up, and I guess I just got mad!"

The Bible strongly condemns sinful anger because it is so destructive. But under the control of the Holy Spirit, anger can expose and check evil. You can't miss the thunder of God's wrath in the Old Testament nor the fire in Jesus' eyes when He threw the money-changers out of the temple (Mt. 21:12-13). If we are becoming like Christ, there will be times when anger at sin is a Christlike act!  — Dennis J. De Haan