Ephesians 4:31
28Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. 29Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
According to Oxford Languages, bitterness is anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly or resentment. I find myself to be resentful at how I am treated. I don’t like to be lied to or for things to be kept from me. I don’t like to have my civil rights to be taken from me. I don’t like to be sexualized or objectified. I don’t like to be harassed or threatened. I don’t like to be stolen from. I don’t like to be hit. I don’t like when other put me down or go against me, especially to feel better about themselves. I don’t like being treated like an option. I don’t like people using me or my pain for personal gain. I don’t like to be triggered. Sometimes it feels like so much has been taken and consumed from me, that I don’t understand why anyone would want to take more. I don’t like to be bothered. I feel like a joke most of the time. I find myself at a point where I want to hurt someone else because I am hurt. I spend my time thinking, “how could they? I would never.”
In Luke 23:33-34, verses, it says, “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
I’m realizing that it doesn’t matter what someone else does, you can choose to be bitter or not. No matter how I am hurt, I can choose to hold on to it or release that insidious energy. “Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.” Bitterness is not good for the spirit, mind, or body. Verse 29 says, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” According to Oxford Language, edifying is providing moral or intellectual instruction. So, if you are speaking about someone and it is not edifying, the words are corrupt and bitter. I’ve found myself in this place because it is easier said than done trying to expel the spirit of bitterness from your heart, especially when you feel mistreated. However, in this life will be affliction and tribulation. It is not for us to allow evil to overtake our being, but overtake evil with goodness. What helps to release this feeling is to think about everything as a learning experience for what I will do in the future. Also, to think of my affliction as things that bring me closer to God.
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