Danger of Living with Bitterness

This is serious stuff and can ruin your life and all those around you. This is an excellent article about bitterness:

Deliverance From Bitterness by Francis Frangipane

We all want justice, but when we take the position of judge and become obsessed with getting revenge, we live in unforgiveness.

My favorite quote in the article by Francis is: "...spiritually incarcerated by a bitter experience or an injustice... Even now, His Spirit is reaching to release us from this unbearable burden of the past."

My question is how do we learn to entrust ourselves to God who judges righteously? Learning to trust legitimately, not blindly ignoring problems deep in our minds. How do I release my opinion of how God should deal with those who did the injustice to me? The real question is: when I find out something bad happened to those who offended me, do I feel restitution and believe God did it for me?

The quote I least like is: "We must, therefore, get over the idea that there is a painless place of existence on earth..." I have been looking for this place all my life by moving all over the country and changing jobs, yet never finding the perfect place to live. Reminds me of the Charlie Brown cartoon where he moves, but as he steps off the plane he says, "But, I'm still Charlie Brown."

My natural inclination is to be bitter, so I am asking God to give me His inclination, which is forgiveness.

One of the BIG Questions!

People may question the virgin birth of Christ, by attempting to verify the words of the gospel authors. However, can we question the words of Jesus? "Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works sake." John 14:11. We are Christians who have a real relationship with Jesus by faith or we are unbelievers, there are no grey areas for doubters to linger.

Another Blog on Christ's Virgin Birth

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The rest of the story.....! Do you know?     I didn't know!   How could we?    Did you know that 47 countries' have reestablished their embassies in  Iraq?    Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?    Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,   364 schools are under rehabilitation,   263 new schools are now under construction   and 38 new schools have been completed in Iraq?    Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities,   46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers,   all currently operating?    Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United State s in January 2005   for the re-established Fulbright program?    Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?   They have 5 - 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.    Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons,   which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft   (under Iraqi operational control)   which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?    Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?    Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000   fully trained and equipped police officers?    Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq   that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?    Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in  Iraq?   They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations,   22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.    Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5   have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?    Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?    Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq    and phone use has gone up 158%?    Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consists of 75 radio stations,   180 newspapers and 10 television stations?    Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?    Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?     OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!     WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW?   OUR  MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!   Instead of reflecting our love for our country,   we get photos of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib   and people throwing snowballs at the presidential motorcades.    Tragically, the lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes:    It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States    thus minimizing consequent support,   and it is intended to discourage American citizens.    ---- Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site. http://www.defenselink.mil/  .......Pass it on!  Give it a Wide Dissemination!