How to Trade Bitterness for Blessing (Part One) In a moment of anger, I sent out a hostile email then stared at my computer screen in gut-knotting regret. Had I really said that? Though things were tense—our family was in the middle of moving and we were all uncertain and overtired, I knew it was more than that. In all honesty, this recent rush to anger had become the norm. I was beginning to respond to people in anger instead of love. Somehow bitterness had replaced my peace in Christ. That night in our hotel room, I cried out to God. “Why, Lord, do I often feel such anger over minor infractions?” As if in answer, Luke 6:45 came to mind: “A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.” In that instant, a past betrayal resurfaced, revealing a festering wound, one I’d held on to and rehashed until it seeped raw, turning into bitterness. That bitter root I’d planted and watered with one negative thought after another grew into an ugly weed that crowded out the joy of Christ. (To be Cont.........)
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