1 Corinthians 13:5 says, “Love ….. Thinks no evil.” The teeth of resentment cuts sharp and deep, and can lay waste to the life that God designed as a feast and a celebration of abundant living. Resentful souls draw the drapes and purposely block out the sunshine. Resentment is anger multiplied by time, and does not dissipate like anger, but lurks beneath the surface, undetected by any sonogram. Author Lewis B. Smedes wrote, “We make believe we are at peace while the furies rage within, beneath the surface. There, hidden, and suppressed, our hate opens the subterranean faucets of venom that will eventually infect all of our relationships in ways we cannot predict.” The Bible paints a detailed portrait of the malignant giant called resentment. It is a poison that affects the lives of millions in our society today. But Paul tells us that love keeps no books, no scoreboard, and makes no list of who to hate. Love remembers to forget! Chrysostom, the leader of the fourth-century church, once said, “a wrong done against love is like a spark that falls into the sea and is quenched.” How do you manifest such love when it is so unnatural? Galatians … READ MORE

Life is so much easier when we allow God to work in our lives. The world is filled with so much more joy when we are not blinded by petty resentment. It is a lesson our world never learns. Resentment causes families to break apart, communities to be torn in violence, nations to remain at war for generations. It injects its teeth into countless souls of those who walk among us, so that lives that might have been productive, lives that might have been a blessing, become consumed by self-destructive hatred. This hatred keeps us from knowing the goodness of God, and it keeps us from being faithful parents, children, and neighbors. We do not have to live this way, all we need to do is ask God to free us from the chains of the ledger books of our lives. How many ledgers are you carrying around with you? Won’t you allow Christ to cut them away for good? Throw away the books, walk free and lighthearted, and you will live in an atmosphere of grace and joy you never thought possible. Resist your resentment. Banish every trace of bitterness. Live3 by the liberating law of grace – and … READ MORE

Doctors believe that resentment affords people a sense of superiority over he people they resent. It gives them a way (an unhealthy way) to place themselves a little higher in the pecking order. Resentment places an angry individual in the judge’s seat. Someone has said that our fantasies of resentment bring about neurotic pleasure and religious pride. With this in mind, how do we overcome resentment? Let me suggest 5 steps to overcoming resentment in your life.1. Think it Through – Philippians 4:8 reminds us to think on things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and good report. It must start with readjusting our thinking about life.2. Write it Down – Philippians 3:13-14 reminds us that we must forget those things with are behind and press forward. Writing things down, often gives us the liberty to express things clearly, so that we can move on from the emotion of the event.3. Work it out. This can be just some simple physical exercise. We are told in Philippians 3:13-14 to “press toward the mark” The idea of press is that of exerting energy to obtain a goal. Get busy with the process of moving on in life.4. Talk it over … READ MORE