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The Family Discipleship Podcast

#125 - Getting Bitter

The Family Discipleship Podcast

The Family Discipleship Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

5.0597 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Life as a parent (and just as a human) can hand you plenty of reasons to grow bitter — disappointments, unanswered prayers, hurt from others. In this conversation, Adam, Chelsea, and Cassie talk honestly about how bitterness creeps in and why it’s so dangerous for our hearts, families, and churches. They share personal stories, unpack what the Bible says about forgiving like Jesus, and offer practical ways to choose joy over resentment. If you’ve been carrying around some spiritual “junk mail” marked bitterness, this episode is an invitation to throw it out for good.Resources Mentioned: Let this Mother’s Day be a reminder that she deserves care, too. Head to cozyearth.com and use our code FDP for an exclusive 20% off, and if you see a post-purchase survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy Earth from us here at The Family Discipleship Podcast. Follow Us:
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0:00.0

You're listening to the Family Discipleship Podcast.

0:11.0

Welcome to the Family Discipleship Podcast.

0:14.0

We are here to equip and encourage Christian parents to lead their families,

0:16.9

and we are now posting every other Monday all year long.

0:19.4

This is Adam Griffin, and I'm here with my

0:22.5

wonderful co-hosts, my friend Mrs. Cassie Bryant and my wife and friend, Chelsea Griffin. Cassie,

0:30.0

as a mom, do you ever feel like you have to do the most and get the least? Have you seen that job

0:36.4

interview video where they're like interviewing people for the job and they're like, okay, it's pretty much round the clock. And you'll have to do this. And are you okay doing this? And then at the end it's like, oh, and there's no pay. And it's like motherhood. Happy Mother's Day. Yeah, yeah. It's all about the job of being a mom. So you asked, do I ever have to do the most? Do you ever feel like you're like,

0:57.1

you ever had that feeling where you're like, I'm just doing so much? And then you see other people getting things like, I'm just not getting anything. Oh, yeah, comparison. Yeah, steals my joy all the time. Filled your joy. Just takes it right out from under me. Chelsea, ever feel that way? Doing the most, get in the least. No. You never feel that way. I don't mean that like, because like, of your holiness. My heart's hope. Wait a second. Your halo is blinding me right. I know. I mean, I mean, you do a lot. And I feel like you've trained our boys to really, serve me. So you never feel that feeling of

1:29.0

like, I always feel like I need to do more to catch up. So you feel indebted. Yes. By comparison.

1:35.0

Yes. Okay. Because you work like five jobs. So Adam, do you feel like you do more and get to like, yes. Yes.

1:40.9

Yes. To be clear, Eric does most a lot.

1:44.9

He does a ton of dishes. She's super hygienic. So hygienic. So clean. He's very wise. So regimented with the budget. He's a teacher. Adam does a lot. And then if he wins a board game in our family, we all give him the hardest time. Is he like, I'm not allowed to win. Yeah. Yeah. And that's like an ongoing theme.

2:00.9

Like we just like...

2:02.1

I just don't let them win.

2:02.9

We literally, when we went disc golfing, uh, I'm not allowed to win. Yeah. Yeah. And that's like an ongoing theme.

2:02.8

Like we just like, I just don't let him win.

2:16.5

We literally, when we went disc golfing at a camp this summer, after a couple holes, I just said, you know what, I'll just, I just won't throw anymore. If someone asked me. People's attitudes were so bad. It was just like, dad's just. Because Adam's really good at disc golf. I have like three things I'm good at.

2:20.4

Ping pong, which, by the way, I lost to my oldest son tonight for the first time in his life. Signed the ball.

2:21.3

Dated it. Because Adam's really good at disc golf. I have like three things I'm good at. Ping pong, which, by the way, I lost to my oldest son tonight for the first time in his life. Signed to the ball, dated it, gave it to him. But he's acting like I'll never win again. Come on. It's not that he surpassed me in skill. He'd beat me one time. But like ping pong, disc golf. What else did I went at? bowling cards. Order pizza. Oh, yeah, knowing how much pizza to order.

2:36.1

Yeah, that's a student.

2:37.1

No one complains about that.

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