Bitterness is a Killer: We Don't Encourage It Here

I want to ramble some and share some thoughts.

We have always allowed members to vent to a certain point. Some need to in part because they've never had the freedom to do so. Yet there also comes a time when you need to forgive and move forward and let go of the bitterness and anger.

To allow bitterness to remain, will only hurt the individual that holds onto it and it will negatively affect other areas of their life. It does no good to remain bitter for years and to cling to past offenses. It does absolutely nothing to the person or persons who hurt you. So, in effect, one is allowing themselves to continue to be influenced and harmed by another when they remain bitter. Don't do that to yourself.

We all have a choice in our recovery. We can choose to remain stagnant and allow the past to continue to influence us negatively today and tomorrow and the rest of our lives. Or, we can choose to deal with what happened, free ourselves from bitterness, and move forward in life.

We also need to learn to separate the error we've been taught from the truth of God's Word. For instance, God's Word never teaches that one cannot take medicine. So no one had to choose between God and taking medicine because God never said they couldn't take it. A person said it. A person who distorted the Bible. Not God.

It is imperative for people who have been hurt in churches that distorted the Bible and how God is, to learn the difference between truth and error. Just because a minister says something, it doesn't make it true. Just because an entire organization teaches something, it doesn't make it true. We must separate the error from the truth and see the error for what it is and not continue to associate it with God and His Word and blame God for it.

We each have a choice here- we can remain in the past and our hurts and go on for the rest of our lives reliving the times when others have hurt us and the teachings that messed us up and hindered us in our walk with God. We can remain a victim. We can continue to believe the error and live a life of bondage because of it. Or we can do something about our healing, growth, and moving out of that rut.

We can only help you here if you want to be helped. If you want to remain a victim and want to remain bitter, we cannot help you and you're in the wrong place.

Do you want healing? Do you want freedom from bitterness? Do you want to separate error from truth?

Or do you want to continue to allow past wrongs and error to influence your life today in a negative manner?

The choice is left to each of us and we cannot blame others for the choice we make in this.