Get rid of all bitterness and anger. That's tough, since I have been caring this around for a while. A huge backpack of resentment, insecurity, misunderstandings, hurt, pain, and inadequacy has been riding on my shoulders as I carry this pack of pain and unforgiveness around. As I read Ephesians 4:31, I try to drink in these words. Get rid of all forms of malice. One arm comes out from underneath the weight of the backpack I am carrying. No one else can see it, but I can feel it. I never used to consider myself mean, or to be hurt by others easily, but in the last year, I feel both of these things alot. Sometimes I myself have been apalled of the things I have thought of others, or have been hurt by a misunderstanding of another. So I started secluding myself more by not blogging and by cutting myself off socially with people. I thought this would protect me. Instead, it gave an open door to Satan to step inside and cultivate more of these negative feelings. And as I st