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Beating Back Bitterness: Stephen Viars

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4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What's it look like to combat bitterness? Pastor and author Stephen Viars explores the power of lament to give voice and resolution to our deepest grief.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So a lot of our listeners, unfortunately or fortunately know the drama of our 10 year anniversary

0:07.8

date.

0:08.8

That's the basis of our vertical marriage book.

0:12.4

But I want to ask you, because, you know,

0:14.0

I've heard you tell this story a thousand times

0:16.0

of how you lost your feelings for me,

0:18.0

but when you describe what you felt,

0:21.0

you say you went from anger to resentment to bitterness.

0:25.4

Yes.

0:26.6

Talk about that a little bit.

0:28.2

Well, it's interesting because it was different.

0:30.2

I remember when I was angry with you, and oh this is just wrong it felt wrong but then that

0:35.4

anger turned to resentfulness like I'm mad at you but I'm also now resentful but then

0:41.6

something happened in my heart that became toxic I feel like like it was

0:45.6

poisoning every part of me that I didn't like you at all and nothing you could do

0:52.1

would make me happy.

0:54.0

Do you have, you felt it because we lived that.

0:57.0

Yeah, I'm smiling though because how could I think we were doing great. pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are

1:14.3

David Ann Wilson. You can find us at family life today.com. This is family life

1:19.7

today. I mean, I knew you were mad and you know we were yelling often as I was going to another church meeting.

1:33.9

But when you talk about bitterness,

1:35.6

I know that feeling.

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