Lonnie Bryant Claim

Over 30 years ago, as a young doctoral student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, my wife was unfaithful and wanted a divorce. An unfaithful spouse can stir up a lot of pain and anger. But I had even more reasons to be angry. My entire future, career, and even degree were on the line. Anger consumed me. Unpleasant thoughts and desires swirled through my mind. To distract myself from the pain and rage, I began to run. While I had been a short-distance runner in college, I’d never run distances. Even though my first time around the track was difficult, I became like Forest Gump. I ran. And ran. And ran some more. I figured out how to drain the anger with each lap around the track. Four months later, I completed a full marathon in under four hours. And in the meantime, I found peace and forgiveness. Rather than give in to the destructive nature of anger, I learned how to constructively drain it. But it took a lot more than just running. I learned the secrets of gaining control over the extremely powerful emotion of anger. Now I want to share those secrets with you