People who are saved by the Lord and those who are not saved from their sins are in the "same boat" with trials and troubles in their lives.
This world is fallen!!
*Thankful for Jesus!*
Both kinds of people have a choice:
#1 Be grumpy, bitter, self-focused, etc...
Or
#2 Get up and choose to live your life to the best you can. :o)
Unsaved people can certainly do this, but those of us saved by the grace of God have His Holy Spirit to strengthen and guide us everyday. Life is difficult, but we can do our best and choose to be kind to others, not shutting people out, being cruel or mean.
The thing with Bitter people is that they tend to spoil it for all of us.
It seems they can't be happy unless they try to ruin other people's lives. They are always causing strife, labeling people, passing falsehoods about others, shunning people, meanwhile, blaming everyone else for their own problems.
If only Bitter people would let go of whatever lies they have chosen to believe, whatever problems they choose to blame on others, whatever issues they have in life...
If you are a Christian, a Believer in Jesus Christ as your Savior, you CAN choose to let go of your bitterness!
If you are not saved by the grace of God in Jesus you can seek Him, find Him, choose Him! Then letting go of your bitterness will not be on your own, but with His help!
Matthew 6:31-34
...[to the saved] "Do not worry then, saying,
‘What will we eat?’ or
What will we drink?’ or
‘What will we wear for clothing?’
For the Gentiles [the unsaved] eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
[unsaved sinners! seek Him while He can be found!!] But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
“So [those of you who are saved:] do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Ephesians 4:17-32
..." So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles [unsaved] also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former manner of life, [as unsaved] you [now] lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
Therefore [as a saved person by God's grace through Jesus' sacrifice for our salvation] , laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity.
He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need.
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
[Unsaved Sinners! Now is the time to come to true safety in the LORD's Salvation through Jesus Christ!]
Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
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above:partial comic of Charles Schulz character, Lucy, the perfect example of bitterness.
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