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Overcoming Bitterness with Love

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  31  Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  32  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.   Ephesians 4:31-32   Bitterness is a poison that will enter your mind, body, and soul,  it will always have ill effects on your person, changing who you are, and messing with who you are supposed to be.   Once the “root” of bitterness takes hold of you administering its venom, it does not want to let go, because it knows it can kill you.  Yes, bitterness is established within us in many forms, from physical complications, mental illnesses, to the very heart of our spirits, and yes, it can kill you if you allow it to.  It is a demon that prowls looking for those it can devour with its bite.  So, we ask the question:  How is it that God allows bitterness to make its way into our lives?  Is there a way to take care of this? God does not allow this evil, because we chose free will