Root of Bitterness

As with pretty much everything I write about, here I am talking to myself. I am trying to talk myself into forgiving when I don't want to.  It never fails when I am going through something God shows up. Needing to hear something this morning that would lift my spirits I turned to my church on YouTube to hear the sermon from yesterday that I couldn't get to. As per usual it hit me right between the eyes. The preacher talked about bitterness and forgiveness. I am still a little raw about something and forgiveness is not something I want to do right now. The preacher said "forgiveness is a good idea until you have to do it". I have to agree. If I don't let it go it will fester and grow until it affects my life in a negative way. It will block the good things. If it lingers too long it turns into bitterness. Only the strength of God's word can free me from this. I'm sure that if you ask the person that I'm upset with they would say I'm the one that needs to be forgiven. That's how it goes sometimes. I have to admit I probably do need to be forgiven as well. I'm not perfect for sure but some things I just can't control. So I will try to move past this and say the words I forgive _________________. If you are carrying something like this also, I recommend you say these words too.

Today I forgive ...