Bitterness
Our sermon last Sunday was about the fruit of the Spirit. The pastor was talking about love and referred to the opposite of love as bitterness. I am not sure that I agree with that, as I see the opposite of love being apathy, but I can certainly see why he would feel that way. I felt convicted that I have allowed in the past some bitterness to creep in and take root. I want to be free from that and walk in the love that Christ would want me to love other people with. Sometimes people make it near impossible to love or even like them. I didn't realize when I left the church I worked at years ago just how angry and bitter I was. I was so disappointed that it didn't work out and that people who were initially excited about our coming turned on us very early on. You wouldn't believe the angry and hostile emails I got from church members. Fights about things like easter egg hunts and whether or not we would have a softball team. It all seemed so petty and ch