Psalm 30

"His anger lasts a moment, his favor a lifetime,
in the evening, a spell of tears,
in the morning, shouts of joy."
Psalm 30:5

Why is it so easy to focus upon the moments of anger and disappointment others have in us? Things that shouldn't be an issue but for one reason or another are brought by others and placed upon us. What is it about other people's anger that sticks with us and takes a hold of us in unhealthy ways?
If God's anger is for but a moment and then gone why do we give others so much power with their anger? Whey do we try to fix, appease, or placate others so that they will like us again? I'm sure that for most of us it has to do with the ways we were raised as children. We wanted to be accepted and feel that we were liked so we tried not to disappoint. We wanted to receive the blessing of our parents and others but it might have been withheld for one reason or another. So then we transfer those feelings toward God. We assume that because we let God down, we sinned against God's desires for us, that God is angry with us. We live our lives terrified that God is still angry with us for the things we did last month, last year, even for those things that we did 50 years ago.
Can we hear that God's anger is but a passing storm? Can we allow ourselves to step into God's favor and share God's joy? Can we let the joy of the Lord be our strength in all times rather than the emotions of others dictating our life? Can we let the favor of the Lord rest upon us even today?