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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…
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Sensitivity is a gift
This day and age it’s easy to harden your heart and block out people and pain. It’s the easiest thing in the world to hold onto your brokenness and bitterness. It’s hard to forgive, to open up and say what is going on. Being sensitive and being open does not make you weak. Sensitivity is needed today. People need people who are willing to be there for them, to cry with them and listen to them. Jesus didn’t hang out with the people who had their lives *together*. He hung out with people who were visibly and socially messy. He hung out with tax collectors, prostitutes, homeless people, lepers, women…