Concerning Truth and Bitterness
“If the pattern of anger is not realized and confessed, repenting and asking forgiveness before God, the sinful anger continues taking root in our hearts as bitterness. In God’s Word, the Bible, we are cautioned to be “looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;” Hebrews 12:15.
Bitterness has a good memory of the past wrongs others have committed against us, and as we brood on them and rehash the situations, the memories grow larger and soon a spirit of resentment and bitterness becomes the pattern of our life. …Since the root feeds the rest of the tree, every branch of our lives and every fruit on each limb ultimately becomes poisoned.”
“We’re going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.”
(Beth Moore, So Long, Insecurity: You’ve Been A Bad Friend To Us)
