When bitterness tries to creep in…

Bitterness is like poison to the body. It’s a silent killer that you don’t realize is there until it’s too late and you’re in too deep. Bitterness ruins lives from day to day, and the sad part about it is that people don’t even realize they are walking around with all of this bitterness inside of them.

Although “bitter” has many definitions, I want to focus on one in particular: caused by or expressive of severe pain, grief, or regret.

Everyone can think of a time, or two, or a hundred, of when they experienced some type of bitterness in their life. It’s inevitable in the world that we live in. So, I write this blog to see if I can help change your perspective.

It’s so easy to wallow in your bitterness. It’s easier to stay there and not have to deal with what issues are at hand. Let’s just have a bitterness party; NO… Let’s not!

Bitterness is a secret killer to your own body, when in reality the person or people you’re feeling bitter about aren’t even thinking about you. I know it hurts to consider this, and I apologize if I’m coming off a little rude, but… trust me; I don’t talk about what I haven’t felt or been through myself!

I’ve been that bitter lady who was mad at things that were out of my control and some were totally in my control, but I had a choice to stay and soak in my bitterness or pick myself up, shake myself off, and let it go.

This week, I write on bitterness, because guess what? Yup, you guessed right. I had to check myself on it.

There was a situation from my past that was trying to creep in, well let me rephrase… It DID creep in, but only for a little bit. For the first couple of minutes, I started to feel bitter against this person, and I started feeling guilt, and then some of the pain of the past tried to come and invade my peace. I had a split second to decide, do I want to stay here? Or do I want to move past this?

I decided I wanted to move past this, and I didn’t want this bitterness to invade my space. This person hurt me enough back then, why would I allow it to try and come back. Yes for a split second, I was back in that place of hurt, but I had to reverse it. I knew it was a trick of the enemy to try and keep me down, so I would soak in my depression; because let’s be honest… We sometimes LIKE to soak in our depression and our hurts.

I didn’t have time to waste on this. So, can you guess what I did next?

I started to… PRAY!

I know, I know, we don’t like to pray for those who have hurt us and wronged us, but this wasn’t for the person who hurt me. This was for me! I needed the freedom, I needed the release, I needed the let go.

I started to pray for this person’s situation, started to pray blessings into their life, doors of favor to swing open for them, and just like that, the bitterness went away.

You have a decision to make… Will you allow bitterness to reside in your heart? Or will you release it, so that you can walk in freedom?

Praying for someone who has wronged you is not for them, it’s more for you. It’s an act of humbleness, it’s an act of putting your pride down, and saying to yourself “you deserve better,” “you are better than this,” “you are worthy.”

The next time bitterness tries to creep in; Pray until it lifts. This may take 2min, 5min, 20min, but that’s surely better than, 2months, 2years, 5 years of walking in bitterness.

Release yourself from all negativity that tries to reside in your heart. You deserve peace, because peace is your responsibility, not theirs!