“Bitterness never draws us closer to God. Bitterness is a nonproductive, toxic emotion, usually resulting from resentment over unmet needs.”
“Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs.”
“There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.”
“It is easy to tell confidence from pride. Confidence lifts, encourages, helps, and is full of gratitude. Pride demeans, mocks, destroys, and is bitter and resentful.”
“For nothing is so hard to hear as that which is half known, and evaded. One never denies so hotly as in denying to one's self what one fears is true, and one never resents so bitterly as in resenting that which one cannot say one has the right to resent.”
“A bitter heart is never thankful & a thankful heart is never bitter.”