tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965615.post5512485986086072732..comments2023-09-06T05:47:48.472-07:00Comments on Life With Full Hands: Bitterness....the solutionThe Southern Peach-Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285922048222762134noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18965615.post-7158263415265196422015-05-07T07:43:43.637-07:002015-05-07T07:43:43.637-07:00You might really enjoy this perspective as well. T...You might really enjoy this perspective as well. This is a great little guide. <br />http://www.olrl.org/snt_docs/trustful/<br /><br />Here's a gem of a quote: "Let us never then attribute our losses, our disappointments, our afflictions, our humiliations to the devil or to men, but to God as their real source. "To act otherwise" says St. Dorothy, "would be to do the same as a dog who vents his anger on the stone instead of putting the blame on the hand that threw it at him." So let us be careful not to say 'So-and-so is the cause of my misfortune.' Your misfortunes are the work not of this or that person but of God. And what should give you reassurance is that God, the sovereign good, is guided in all His actions by His most profound wisdom for holy and supernatural purposes."<br />The author distinguishes between the INTENTION of the harms against us (evil/sinful, and doing harm to the soul who DOES the harm but not to our soul) and the EFFECT of the harms against us (something God has decreed for our good, to teach us a lesson or increase our sanctification). <br />Therefore if we truly accept all things from His hand, we will not continue in bitterness but rather have compassion for those who have harmed us, because the evil they have done is affecting THEIR soul. It only affects ours when we give in to the resentment and bitterness. <br />God bless you in your journey to get rid of this root in your life. You are brave to put it out there and confess it so freely. I do believe there is a big connection between physical health and holding on to wrongs done to us. I feel that it's not just spiritually healthy to let things go but physically healthy as well. Sarah Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878664620465280344noreply@blogger.com