Don’t let another’s brokenness, make you a quitter

Don’t let their meanness, leave you bitter

Anger doesn’t heal, it only further separates

Only love, can drown out hate

Instead of anger and retaliation

May we remember, His grace and salvation

Humans cannot fully repay an error

Only God can do that, I see it clearer

Prayer to forgive those that are unkind

There His peace, we can find

For He is just and will make things right

Though bitterness with anger, is no way to fight

God knows how to work on a heart

If we want to fight, may prayer be the start

Though in the process, may we not forget

In their meanness, may we not quit

For another’s brokenness, cannot define

The wonderful us, God had in mind

Erin Fitts-Brower

Don’t be bitter

Psalms 139:13 NIV

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Exodus 14:14 NIV

The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

Hebrews 12:15 NIV

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

Matthew 5:44 NIV

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.