What affect does bitterness have on the human body?

Answer 1

If we hold on to resentment, it can grow into bitterness. Bitterness affects our health, our mind, our personality, our relationship with family, loved ones and our relationship with God.

1. Bitterness affects our health.

Bitterness is poison to our body. Bitterness, hatred, and unforgiveness can result an ulcers, high blood pressure, and other diseases. It is estimated that almost about 90 percent of our sicknesses are anger, fear, resentment and bitterness related.

Bitterness affect the body such as: high blood pressure; sleeplessness; lost of appetite ans tiredness. Bitterness takes away joy, peace and happiness.

2. Bitterness affects our thought and feeling.Most depression has its roots from bitterness, resentment, anger and unforgiveness. Bitterness causes anxiety, feeling of insecurity and restlessness.

3. Bitterness affects our behavior such as sudden outbursts of anger; alcohol, drug, or tobacco abuse; social withdrawal and relationship problems. In other words bitterness alienates us from other people and that attitude can also scare people from getting close to us. And as a result bitterness can detour us from our very best to the extend that life can not be fully celebrated and enjoyed.

4. Bitterness damages our relationship with God.God by nature is love and always want the best for us and want us to trust Him for His word. Bitterness causes us to think negative about others, ourself, God almost about everything. bitterness directs our attention and magnified the problem and away from God and His perfect peace. The Bible says that God give perfect peace to those that put their mind on God.

Bitterness causes pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant and is charactized by severity; harsh; virulent. Can cause sadness, pitiful (self-pity) and can kill and because it is called "bitter-ness" It is really bitter even more than quinine therefore spit it out.

God has a cure for bitterness (Exodus 15:1-27)

When the children of Israel left Egypt, they walked through the desert for three days and they were thirsty but came to a place called Marah, which means "bitter". Because they were thirsty they began to drink from the water but they could not because it was bitter. This is disapointing! isn't it? But disappointed with whom? They began to dump their bitterness on Moses and complained. Because of the bitter-ness their happeness and liberation songs and the celebration and the hopes for a better land all disappeared. this is what bitterness does to anyone who welcome and entertain bitterness. God then showed Moses a tree and when he cast it into the water, it became sweet. The tree was right there where the bitter water was (it iwas not importred or brought along with them)

The cure of bitterness is right where you are and you can call on Him and He will save and deliver you. His name is Jesus Christ. He did all for you on the cross when He said it aloud "IT IS FINISHED" You are entitled to receive that sweet water and receive your life, joy and peace back

Bitterness kills forgiveness will heal your hurt. Forgiveness may sound simple to the hearing but it is a great weapon for our peace and joy. Even if it is hard for you ask God to help you and He will if we honestly ask Him. If we forgive others, we are in fact doing our own self good not necessarily the other person but ourselves. We also receive forgiveness from God who will judge everybody one day. He forgives us in proportion as to who we forgive others and since we all want God to forgive us He has shown in His Word how we are going to receive frogiveness from Him inn Matthew 6:14 "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."