Posts

Showing posts from November, 2009

Bitterness is the root of all evil - cut it out today!

By Moabi Pitsi  In Hebrews 12:15, the bible advises “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many” . All of us, regardless of age and our state of mind, face many things that are unfair and unjust. These things hurt.When we hold on too tightly to them the pain also becomes unbearable. Research shows that about 70% of people are angry about something.This means, most of our time, there are things we don’t like about ourselves, others and the universe. This anger is at times difficult to see but is a poison in the lives of people who harbor anger. Avoid planting bitterness   We constantly see the fruits of bitterness every day: anger, wrath, slander, hate, and malice (or desire to see another suffer). There are many things that happen to us as we grow up: people cheat us, lied to us, gossip about us, scheme against us— and some of these things last as long as life. For your own good, we must l...