Separation from bitterness

If you are dealing with anger and resentment in your heart it’s time to address it. You did not deserve to be treated the way you have been. You deserve respect and healthy boundaries.

When we take the time to separate ourselves from the bitterness we feel we allow love to come in. Releasing bitterness is extending grace. Not just to the person or event that caused you bitterness but to your own heart.

Bitterness robs you of joy.
It robs you of friendships, relationships, love, peace.

Forgiveness and grace bring about so much healing in the heart and mind. We have been called to love the unlovable and when we put aside bitterness this is what we are doing. God doesn’t care about what you think on how you think you “should love people”. We are loving when we might have thought we could only cry.

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40.

God is kind. He is understanding. He also wants you to take care of yourself. It’s good to set boundaries and to also show grace. There is a possibility to do both and it’s also okay to make the executive decision to only set boundaries when lines are crossed repeatedly. He doesn’t want you to get hurt and walked all over. There’s a difference between abuse and ignorance. As well as a healthy view on what boundaries are and should be. We set boundaries to save our heart as well as our relationship. Forgiveness doesn’t excuse the consequences from what the action implied. But it does free you and give you the opportunity to let love in.