Bitterness

Proverbs 14:10  "The heart knows its own bitterness, and no one shares its joy."

    I am currently reading the book Boundaries, by Dr. Henry and Dr. Townsend.  This book is very informative and provides great insight into our own personal hells we endure.  In the book they describe a scenario where you are instructed to guard some property and told you are to be held accountable if anything goes wrong - the catch is you are not given any way to defend the property or are you shown where the property begins and ends, you have an open field. That unfortunately is how many of us live our lives.  We ignore God's intent for how we should act and deal with issues, instead we choose to carry burdens we were never meant to deal with.  This creates a sense of failure, brokenness, and depression. If we are not careful this habit pattern will make it difficult to break free, so hard in fact that we can not do it without God's help. I really recommend the book, it helps explain things most of us struggle with and give us hope that we are not alone.