LET GO OF BITTERNESS
Sometimes, it is said that the world is not fair! Well, one is forced to believe that statement but the word of God tells us the opposite and that is what we have to believe. Some of us, if not all, can bear witness to the fact that trusted pals have ever seriously hurt us before. I remember a case where a friend was dating a lady and introduced his fiancée to another friend and later on, this friend stubbed his friend in the back by ‘snatching’ his fiancée. There are several other cases of hurt which have resulted in bitterness either in one party or more.
The impact of bitterness is huge. Usually, the ‘party being hurt’ bears the greater impact of the bitterness. Party is used here to mean an individual or group of individuals. Anytime that there is contact, the blood pressure of the ‘party being hurt’ may rise because bitterness penetrate very deep into the heart. Your guess may not be different from mine regarding the health implications of high blood pressure. Secondly, the ‘party being hurt’ indirectly channels some valuable energy thinking about the hurt and sometimes lament about the cause of bitterness. As you lament, you poison your spirit and may not enjoy happiness or joy. This valuable energy could have been channelled into some other profitable venture. Thirdly, the ‘party being hurt’ may opt for revenge and the choice of revenge comes with several repercussions. The party causing the bitterness may not even be aware of what they have done.
This is the conclusion of the matter- let go of any bitterness in you which may have been carried from 2013 or earlier years into 2014. It is also possible that you have been hurt in 2014. Why do you want to carry the bitterness and its repercussions further into the year and lose some blessings that may come your way? You may be asking yourself, what at all did I do wrong to warrant the bad treatment? Ephesians 4:31 states “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice….”. You can improve the situation! Don’t forget that, you will go through more pain by being bitter when in fact the party that caused the bitterness may not be going through any pain. Think about the agape (unconditional) love of God. Even with all the sins we sometimes commit, God forgives us. Therefore, forgive that party today and get your life back to the road map of unending victory and success.
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