Category Archives: Bitterness

When forgotten and deserted

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

It hurts to be forgotten and deserted. But when faced with such experiences, we only multiply our pain when we choose… Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Comfort, Despair, Forgiveness, Resentment, Suffering, Trials | Tagged abandoned, deserted, forgotten, rejected by friends | Leave a comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship | Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide | 1 Comment

When you feel like getting revenge

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Wisdomforlife

Seven responses when you feel like getting revenge. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Anger, attitudes of unity, Behavior, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Conflict, Divorce, Eye for Eye, Flesh vs. Spirit, Forgiveness, Revenge, Wisdom | Tagged anger, how to respond when hurt, i want revenge, Revenge | 2 Comments

The way out of resentment

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Wisdomforlife

Is it possible to carry deep resentments and not even be aware of the power they hold over you?

One woman learned the power of suppressed resentment fifteen years after a tragic accident. Continue reading →

Posted in Anger, Bitterness, Forgiveness, Resentment | Tagged anger, bitterness, Forgiveness, resentment | 2 Comments

No one came to my support

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. It’s natural to default toward self-pity and resentment when we feel forgotten and unappreciated. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Christian life, Comfort, Discouragement, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Loss | Tagged abandoned, Alone, bitter, Deserted by others, forgotten, God's presence, lonely, resentful | 1 Comment

Don’t let them drag you down

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

We don’t want to be in the group identified as “grumblers and faultfinders” (Jude 16). Continue reading →

Posted in Antagonists, Bitterness, Church Leadership, Church membership, Complaining, Conflict, Contentment, Cynicism, Difficult people, Gospel-centered, Gratitude, Selfishness, Thankfulness | Tagged bitterness, Complaining, divisive people, Grumblers, negativity | 3 Comments

Discouragement – a “dis” on courage

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

We cannot adequately encourage those who have lost perspective without discouraging them from a frame of mind that binds them to their discouragement. (Read it again).

Getting out of the fog of despondency often requires a little loving admonishment. Caring friends will cross this line with love and sensitivity when they sense we need a better perspective. Continue reading →

Posted in Anxiety, Attitude, Bitterness, Christian Counselor, Christian life, Christian worldview, Comfort, Complaceny, Complaining, Confession, Counseling, Depression, Despair, Discouragement, Encouragement, Faith, Holistic ministry, Joy | Tagged Counseling, dealing with discouragement, Depression, Despair, Discouraged | 4 Comments

Confused about God in a world of suffering

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

In our efforts to understand how God relates to the evil actions of humans (or even to His own acts of judgment), we must make some important distinctions concerning God’s will. Continue reading →

Posted in Apologetics, Assurance, Atheism, Atheists, Bitterness, Christian worldview, Comfort, D. A. Carson, Depravity, Despair, Doctrine, Doubt, Evil in the world, God, God's Patience, God's control, God's Heart, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Hope?, Jesus Christ, Justice, Origin of Sin, Pain, Problem of evil, Salvation, Seeking God, Sin, Sovereignty, Suffering, Theodicy, Theology, Will of God | Tagged Does God care? God and evil, God's will, Problem of evil, why so much suffering in the world? Evil | 1 Comment

Scene 3 – Life as a prisoner

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

Often in life we become the object of other people’s passions. Joseph was the object of parental favoritism, sibling envy and hatred and now lust and false accusation by Potiphar’s wife. Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Christian Counselor, Contentment, Evil in the world, Freedom, Glorify God, God's control, God's Protection, Joseph's story, Will of God | Tagged Contentment, God's sovereignty, Life as a prisoner, Story of Joseph | 1 Comment

Scene 2 – Life as a slave

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Wisdomforlife

Audio message for all five scenes: Play Audio! At the vulnerable age of seventeen, (at the hands of his very own brothers), Joseph was ripped from his family and sold into slavery. “So when Joseph came to his brothers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Crawford Loritts, God's Will, Joseph's story, Loss | 1 Comment