Bitterness, the Poison of the Soul
Last night, I heard a speaker say, “Bitterness is drinking the poison and waiting for the other person to die.” The obvious meaning is that when we hold on to resentful thoughts and negative attitudes about others, though we aim at them, we end up “shooting ourselves in the foot”.
Many a spouse has entered into marriage with high hopes and dreams only to see those dreams skewed by the harsh realities of marital conflict. At this point, the husband, the wife, or even both are faced with a decision that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Will they continue to act according to their feelings of bitterness and anguish, or will they find a way to work through their problems and their disagreements? If a husband or a wife chooses the former instead of the latter, they are, in a sense, choosing to drink the poison of bitterness. Though their bitter words, sarcastic statements, and disrespectful attitudes will be aimed at one another, they will ultimately end up hurting themselves and, unfortunately, their children.
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