2010-11-30T09:41:39-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/resentment/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/poison-in-your-soul-6225 2010-11-30T09:41:39-05:00 You've been the forgivee - now you become the forgiver. Or you store poison in your soul; poison that will cripple or destroy so much that could have been. It's time for the antidote. It's time to be free. It's time to forgive. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-you-ve-been-hurt-by-friendly-fire-6052 2010-03-23T09:54:31-05:00 Let go of the resentment instead of letting it grow. Ask the God who has forgiven you so much to give you His grace to forgive those who've hurt you. The feelings you harbor aren't hurting them at all, but they're killing you! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/tick-bites-5873 2009-09-11T10:46:27-05:00 Scripture warns us, "See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." Bitterness and resentment always begin just as this little root. But bitterness never stays a little root. It keeps growing into a poisonous plant that ends up hurting us and hurting others. A root of bitterness has destroyed marriages, churches, friendships, and ministries because it wasn't pulled up when it was small. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%205:2&version=NIV 2009-08-24T18:42:59-05:00 Envy and resentment are bitter, destructive forces in the lives of those consumed by them, as this quote from Job makes vividly clear. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/When-the-Tapestry-is-Unraveling-4356 2008-08-27T16:11:13-05:00 God's been weaving you into one of His tapestries - your family, your church (that's the tapestries that He does), maybe the people you minister with, your network of Christian relationships. The threads in God's masterpiece are His children, who like threads are in any tapestry, are very different from one another. People who are mostly head, people who are mostly heart, soft people, rough people, outspoken people, soft-spoken people, compliant folks, controlling folks, race horses, plodders. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Only-Judge-You-have-to-Impress-3976 2008-07-28T15:17:21-05:00 It's great to know, though, that there is no way you're going to ultimately be cheated out of the real reward you deserve. And that's important to know to keep you from discouragement, defeat, and resentment when your human judges aren't getting it right.