"I pray that You now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to You and my fellows."
Resentment has a way of freezing us in time. We replay what happened, what was said, what should have happened, and what we'll say if we ever get the chance. The event may have lasted five minutes, but our minds can relive it for years.
Our alcoholism can take a real hurt and distort it into proof that people can't be trusted, that the world isn't fair, or that we'll always be the one who gets hurt. Before long, we're not seeing people as they are—we're seeing them through the lens of our resentment.
If we're powerless over where our resentment is taking us, maybe we don't have to fight it alone. We can stop, admit that we're powerless over the situation, and ask God to remove our shortcomings about it. Maybe the other person never changes. Maybe what happened can't be undone. But our perception can change, and that's often where our freedom begins.
As we let go of the resentment, we slowly become willing to trust again—not because people are perfect, but because we trust that God is helping us see things a little more clearly than we could on our own.
Is there a resentment you've been carrying that you could ask God to help you see differently today?
