SHARE VULNERABLY
SHARE VULNERABLY
I’ll go first…
I think I often struggle with trying to suppress feelings of bitterness. I absolutely hate being bitter. It’s my hate of the emotion that causes me to suppress it… I find that bitterness tends to build up over time and when it finally reveals itself it feels heavy and overwhelming and all-consuming. I’m not sure if this makes sense but when I imagine bitterness I think of this really dark green, almost black, ink that spreads throughout a person’s mind and heart and spills into their thoughts and then their words and then their actions. I’ve found that bitterness is often at the root of tearing another person down, being negative, gossiping… But funnily enough, the bitterness always seems to torment the person holding it more than the person it’s directed to.
I think I’ve tried suppressing it because I never seem to be able to get rid of the feeling on my own. Sometimes it’s hard to forgive people - and when it becomes this ink that’s spread and all-consuming it can be even harder! But lately it’s been on my heart to surrender instead of suppressing. Choosing to ask God to take control and align my heart with His. Forgiveness and unconditional love in His strength, not my own.
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