"Let
all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you,
with all malice." (Ephesians 4:31)
A
Trojan Horse sits just outside the gate of your heart. Its mane is bitterness. It is a monument to every attack you have
endured from your fellow human beings.
It is a gift left by the people who have wronged you. It is a monument to the pain, the sorrow, and
the devastation they have caused you. It
represents the deb t they will owe
you until the day they are brought to justice.
It is rightfully yours.
But to accept the gift is to invite ruin into your
life. You see, there is more to the
horse than meets the eye. The feeling of
justification it brings is the deceptive artistry of a master craftsman. Though decorated with the promise of
vindication, it is only a lure. The
celebration is short-lived. Once inside
the walls of your heart, it releases its agents of destruction. Its plot
quietly unfolds from the inside out. To
become a person of character, you must learn to recognize the Trojan Horse of
bitterness. And more important, you must
never bring it inside.
-- Andy Stanley in Like a Rock
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