Daily writing prompt

Are you holding a grudge? About?

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Grudges grind away at the mind and eat up the heart. Plainly put, grudges are painful. They cause much more pain to the person who holds them than they do to the people they are being held against. Nonetheless, our human pride makes it very tempting to cling to and carry around the heavy burden of grudge holding.

The Bible calls a grudge “a root of bitterness” and says that it “grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” (Hebrews 12:15) Observe the life of a bitter person and you will see the truth of those statements. The good news is that the temptation to hold a grudge, like any other temptation, can be fought and overcome. (1 Corinthians 10:13)

Tempting thoughts
Can be fought
And they ought
To be.
In Matthew
Chapter four
Jesus shows
How He fought
Tempting thoughts.
He brought
The written
Word of God
Into play
By quoting
What it has
To say
Until the
Temptations
Went away.
(Matthew 4:1-11)

Jesus taught
Repentance:
Align with
The kingdom
And the will
Of God.
Have you sought
First of all
To be caught
In God’s will
and kingdom?
Hear Christ’s call!
(Matthew 4:17, 19, & 23)