Sunday, July 30, 2023

Dear God,

Why do we hang onto resentment and bitterness for so long?  I know hurt is deeper and feeds feelings of anger and injustice; yet why do we clutch onto bad feelings that are harmful to body, mind and soul?  You made us, Lord, tell us why please.

The Bible is full of such emotions.  The psalms display pain, anger and even hatred.  The psalmist and his friends demand the destruction of their enemies.

A newly-adopted, troubled teenage son killed his adoptive father by setting a fire and running away.  The father was able to save his husband and two younger sons but he was too large to fit through the window and so he perished in the fire.  My sister harbored the loss of her son and her bitterness for years.  It nearly killed her.  Today she is but a shadow of her former self.

We long to eradicate feelings that eat away at us, Lord.  How do we do it?

Embrace us

until we finish

our tears.

Take away

our pain.

Replace it

with your

hope, peace

and love,

dear Father,

we pray.

Yours, Andrea