Be Still And Know

Hebrews 12.15 NLT 'Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.' Life can be incredibly hard, and many people experience terrible unkindness and injustice. It isn’t at all difficult to understand why this can lead to bitterness, but the fact is that that is the worst possible response. The only person who is damaged by bitterness is the bitter person. It does nothing to get back at the person who has caused the wrong and is incapable of bringing resolution to the situation. It just leads to more misery and suffering. Billy Graham wrote, “Bitterness is anger gone sour, an attitude of deep discontent that poisons our souls and destroys our peace.” But it’s even worse than that because bitterness grows roots and so it keeps on destroying the people and relationships in its path. Bitterness can therefore be incredibly destructive of the life of a church and the writer to the Hebrews is keen