Understanding and Overcoming Hurt Hurt is a universal experience, but its impact runs deep—especially when it festers into bitterness. To find freedom, we must understand how hurt works and how God’s grace can lead us to healing. The Nature of Hurt and Bitterness Hurt is proportional to intimacy. The closer the relationship, the deeper the...
Some sins are obvious to everyone, while others remain covered and undiscovered. For example, drunkenness is difficult to disguise. Corrupt speech is evident to all who hear it. But resentment and bitterness can fester without detection. The Bible addresses this hidden culprit, “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any...
“Most men are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed,” said one observant writer. Suffering is inescapable in a fallen world. If we are to effectively confront adversity we must understand that 1) God permits it, and that 2) God limits it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as...
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: . . . forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:31–32 C. S. Lewis wrote that “forgiveness is a lovely idea, until you have something to forgive.” Yet forgiveness...