Holes In The Fence (Sermon Illustration)
Your blood begins to boil.
That’s it! You have had enough!
Before you know it, you have lashed out in anger once again. Your temper got the best of you.
Our words and actions in moments of anger can do irreparable damage. Consider the following story:
There once was a little boy with a temper he didn’t control very well. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him to hammer a nail in the back fence every time he lost control. The first day the boy drove thirty-seven nails into the fence. Over time, the number dwindled, until the boy discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his control at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he held his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father then led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say or do hurtful things out of anger, they leave a scar just like this. It doesn’t matter how many times you say ‘I’m sorry,’ the wound will still be there.”
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Great lesson.