So today in my health class, my teacher was giving us some time to read through the chapter we were going through. I was reading this "Daily Situation" box in the textbook. It gave you this situation where a boy, named David, was told by his mom to come home straight from school and do chores. Well David came home and was too tired, so he decided to watch some TV and then he would do his chores. His mom came home, got mad, and then David went storming off to his room. It seemed like a pretty typical story of teengaers to me! Then I was reading below it and it was giving you advice on ways to deal with this moment. Its #1 suggestion was to call up a friend and "vent" your all of your feelings to him/her and to get all of your emotions out! This came to a surprise to me! Our world today is telling us that it is healthy to go around, vent our feelings and not control our emotions!
"A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back." -Proverbs 29:11
It says right here in this verse that venting is wrong! If you vent, this verse calls you a FOOL! But the WISE man quitely holds [his feelings/emotions] back! Many people will get this confused with telling others what is going on in your life. There is a difference between that and venting! When you are venting to someone, something is usually going wrong in your life, you are usually upset or annoyed at something or someone as well! But it is important to tell your brothers and sisters in Christ how they can be praying for you!
"The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult." -Proverbs 12:16
