ah, the break is over! We are back to writing our five minute Friday posts! Today the word is Satisfied. I thought I would do a play off the word satisfied. You see I was watching a youtube short earlier this week and a guy said “bitterness is a poison meant for someone else that you take yourself”. I thought that was such an interesting statement and it’s just been sitting with me. So here’s my Satisfaction reduces bitterness post for you.
Satisfaction Reduces Bitterness
A statement made in a random video short
“bitterness is a poison meant for
someone else that you take yourself”.
Isn’t that an interesting statement?
What causes bitterness?
and Why is it a poison you willingly take?
When I think of bitterness I think of people
who are self-centred and wanting things a certain way
or people that have a hardness in their heart.
Perhaps not one they intended to have, but
one that just rather crept up on them until
it became a habit.
But I got to thinking that perhaps, perhaps
I wasn’t getting the full picture. So I went to
google and it told me the following.
Bitterness is the result of
+ Being hurt by someone, especially someone you love and trust.
+ Betrayal within a romantic relationship or parental abuse.
+ Feeling mistreated or a sense of injustice.
+ Not forgiving others or yourself.
+ Holding others to a higher standard than yourself.
+ Believing that things will never get better.
+ Overgeneralizing.
God on Bitterness
In Hebrews 12 we are warned to not
let a root of bitterness creep into our lives.
And in Matthew 6 bitterness is linked to a
lack of forgiveness.
Romans 3 tells us that the man without God
is full of bitterness and all sorts of things
lacking in goodness.
Bitterness the result of complaints within us
tells Job 10. While Proverbs 10 sneaks in the
thought of a lack of joy being a causal factor.
So it’s more than what the world would tell us,
it’s a heart and mindset issue.
It’s a thing that takes us away from having
satisfaction in God.
How to increase our satisfaction!
Do you see the repeated refrain
on how bitterness is the
result of anger, lack of joy,
lack of forgiveness, and not leaving room for God.
So how can we find more room for God?
Ah, take the time to see HIM in those
things that make you angry.
Find moments of joy regardless of
how small they are!
As corny as it might sound, consider
where Jesus might be in a scenario that
has you steaming a bit at the seams.
And take the time to breathe.
Breathe and remember whose you are
and what he’s called you to be.
Seriously, bitterness can be a tough one
to battle. It’s so instinctive at times you know?
To see the hurt, to remember it, and to think
GAH, not again!!!
But you need to do better!
“I” need to do better!!! Seriously.
God wants more from me and you than for
us to willingly take poison that only hurts us.
Shall we move forward together?
Amen. Bitter roots can be so hard to get rid of and they gradually trap us unless we let the Holy Spirit deal with them.
yes, sometimes it takes a while to realize what’s going on …. but once we do… it’s steady work to fight against it.
So very true! Let’s work on this for the new year!
indeed
Love “consider where Jesus might be in a scenario that has you steaming a bit at the seams.”
I will definitely try to do just that going forward.
Thanks for sharing the suggestion.
I find that a very helpful thing to do as well! 🙂
I really don’t like bitterness,
poison on which to sup,
except (and here I do confess)
it’s in my coffee cup,
for it it’s the elixir,
adjunct to an art,
that acts as the true fixer
to wake me up at sparrow-fart
when the world sleeps on in bliss
beneath the starry sky.
No sunrises do I miss
for dogs make certain I
be the best that I can be
and take them out that they might pee.
Excellent look at the peskiness and destructiveness of bitterness. The phrase I heard was that bitterness is the poison you drink, expected the other person to die!
thank you