[TheRealThing]

^^ You know, in 2Pet 2:7 the Apostle speaks of how Lot vexed his righteous soul daily with the filthy conversation of the wicked. To be vexed is to be troubled past any real point of escape. Such trouble is always in the forefront of one's consciousness. In fact, as the day draws nearer the boiling cauldron of unrest and upheaval we see around us will become too much for any man to ignore.
Luke 21:26 (KJV)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

These are vexing times. And as you say, trouble brews seemingly at every hand, and we sort of just land on one issue long enough to gripe about it for a while and then move on. I'm sure you agree that sin needs to be called out, it's just that we have to be careful how we do so. Case in point.

Ceding majority privilege to Dems, our esteemed Senator Paul has declared that he will vote with the them in an attempt to derail the President's efforts to go around a resistant Congress in order to fund the border wall. I believe that to be a mistake if for no other reason than to try and stem the nearly unfettered flow of life destructive drugs which come northward. This idea that politicians can be morally aloof about the devastation caused by the ease of availability of illicit drugs is ludicrous. As any family which finds itself beset by the plague of drug addiction knows, the suffering is catastrophic and consumes everyone in said family. Thus the family and ultimately on the grand scale, the nation, so infected becomes roadkill to the scourge of drug addiction. The problem is in the way we share with Senator Paul our misgivings.

The suffering associated in just that one area of modern life is difficult to consider, and as everyone knows there are many more vexations on top of that. But it makes those of us with a family connection to drug usage want to cry out in pain. King David expressed such pain as he cried out in pain for the sake of his people the Jew, in the 7th Chapter of the Psalms. Had Israel been obedient, she could have well avoided the trials and genocides perpetrated across time. Nonetheless the Jews have suffered mightily in their time, and the worst is yet to come. This cry of pain was the result of what he foresaw coming to visit the Jew during the Great Tribulation. In short, wisdom grants one the insight of the true nature of suffering as the result of sin. Anger is as you say Spirit, for the shallow.

Where anger is concerned, the Lord is the lone exception... Psalm 7:11 (KJV)
11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

Because His character is Holy, God is angry with those whom would dare persecute His own children.

Romans 12:18-19 (KJV)
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Like those unfortunate souls of the Titanic who found themselves bobbing so hopelessly in the wintry, icy blackness of the North Atlantic, Judgment for all men is certain. And like looking down on that horrific scene of the wrecked Titanic, mature Christians recognize the true nature and horror of the judgment to come. They know better than to feel uppity or judgmental of others. But not having 2 seconds in the morning to thank the Lord for His goodness is not somebody else's fault. It's our own and we owe the Lord some time to visit each morning. I believe anger is at the root of all conflict. Be it the result of dropping a piece of toast in the morning, jelly side down, or the road rage which follows. Many times we don't even know why we're angry until we've managed to make a spectacle of ourselves.