Ephesians 4:31–32
“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger… be put away from you… and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another.”
Bitterness often begins as pain that was never processed. What hurt us becomes what we rehearse, and what we rehearse eventually shapes us. Paul does not dismiss the hurt; he warns us not to let it become bitterness.
Forgiveness requires us to pay attention to what pain is doing inside of us. Sometimes the person who hurt us has moved on while we continue carrying the emotional weight of what they did. Forgiveness does not change history, but it can change what history is allowed to do to our future.
May today’s declaration remind you to examine your heart without judgment. May God remove bitterness, soften what has become hardened, and teach you how to release what you were never meant to carry forever.
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