Tuesday’s Column: Dale Mail
Dale Pollard
A doll given to a little girl becomes ill, and the girl instantly takes on the role as doctor. In her mind she decided the doll was sick, and in her mind she will decide when the doll will be healed. If only it were that easy when it comes to feelings of bitterness. Remember, no matter how long you nurse a grudge, it will never get better.
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It takes a saltwater oyster anywhere from five to twenty years to create a pearl. The longer the pearl remains inside the oyster, the larger the pearl. Think about that. This creature will take a small grain of sand and transform it into a gorgeous pearl. Too often we can be guilty of doing the opposite. We take pearls and turn them into sand! Bitterness has a way of taking our beautiful lives and transforming them into something miserable.
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It has been said that when a rattlesnake is cornered it can become so angry that it will actually bite itself. What a graphic illustration of what happens to the one who harbors hate against another. When we lash out we think we are hurting someone else— but in the end we’ve only poisoned ourselves.
In some cases it can be a challenging, But life is far sweeter when we learn to let go of bitterness!
•Ephesians 4:31-32
•Matthew 6:14-15
•Leviticus 19:18
The Preacher Pollard Blog 
A great statesman once said “Bitterness and anger are twin acids that destroy their very container from within.” Writer Mark Twain said something similar “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than anything on which it is poured.” Bitterness festers-and we don’t want anything in our spirit that festers. When people say “I’ll never forgive…” they fail to realize that forgiveness frees THEM!! It is not a blank check for the wrong doer saying “It’s ok you did that to me.” It means “I no longer let what you DID have power over how I FEEL!!” God Bless all of you at Preacher Pollard’s Blog. I really enjoy it!! In Christ’s Love, Sherry Lazzaro “Georgia Peach”