bitterness cancer

Everyone is a potential victim of this disease. Rich or poor, male or female, young or old, it does not matter, you can acquire it. It's harmful and can even be fatal (I'm not kidding) if you don't start therapy soon. I will share with you some of the symptoms of this particular cancer.

1. ENVY - this is a disease in itself. If God has been faithfully providing your NEEDS (not including wants) but you still have the audacity to wish someone else's life, then you're well on your way to acquiring this kind of cancer. This is not a stand-alone symptom, once you show this particular symptom, you are most likely to have the next one...
2. EXCESSIVE COMPLAINING - Once envy strikes the heart of a person, they will start to complain about everything. Nothing is good enough for them. Even the basic things that God has been providing before gets a load full of complaint! Once you reach this point, you move on to the next symptom.
3. ARROGANCE - Too much complaining will build your ego and how you perceive yourself. Your complaints could have been legitimate before, but because it went too far, you have developed this false perception that the world owes you something. 
4. COMPULSIVE BLAMING - Now that you think so highly of yourself, nobody has the right to be better than you. So if you make a mistake, you are quick to point your finger. Then sometimes you go back to complaining, stating that "If only I had...." or "If only I was like..." then it wouldn't happen.
5. PASSIVE IDOLATRY - Why is it passive? well...because it's not active (DUH!) Let me be more specific. Sometimes envy has only one target. That particular person is branded in our minds. We hate them, we despise them, we wish harm to them, because there's something they have that we don't. So because of that, we develop a mental picture of what our life could have been if we only have what they have. We passively idolize the people we hate. Ironic as it may seem, it's the truth for most of us.
6. UNPLANNED BUYING - If our envy and excessive complaining are not addressed immediately, there's a possibility of taking the matter into our own hands. We buy things we really don't need just to live up to a list of standards we developed in our minds...a list that is really a fruit of our envy and excessive complaining.
7. CRIPPLING DEBTS - Borrowing 5 Pesos, 10 Pesos, or 20 Pesos for an immediate need is not really crippling (but still make sure you pay it back). But once you borrow money to sustain a make believe lifestyle, then it starts to become crippling. Your sense of responsibility is thrown out the window. After a while, people will become irritated and indifferent towards your borrowing spree. Without any remorse or even an inkling of possessing a conscience, you still borrow. Then you are entangled in a web of debts where you borrow to pay-off an existing debt.
8. DEPRESSION VIA SELF PITY - Usually this symptom will show once your conscience kicks in. You'll constantly evaluate yourself. But instead of responding positively to your conscience, you go the other way...you pity yourself for not actually achieving your list of what a "happy life" should feel like!

If you have all of them, then you officially have bitterness cancer. But do not fret...there's still hope! You can still be rehabilitated, but it won't be easy. You will have to start with little steps of Faith.

First of all...You need someone who is stable enough to get you through this dilemma. The person should know everything about you, from your history to your plans of the future...He should be strong enough to carry you through this...He needs to be everywhere you go...patient enough to express unconditional impersonal love through out the process...He has to be absolutely fair...has to have an impeccable integrity because He is always right...absolute truth should always be with Him...He should have the final say in your life...and He should not be bound with time!

If you don't know someone like that, then let me suggest my Savior to you. If you are in a middle of this kind of cancer, Jesus can heal you...He can if you let him. All you need to do is to accept that you can't do it alone and you need a Savior. My friend, this kind of cancer is sin based...and no one can pay for our sins except Jesus. Surrender your life to Him now...and start your Rehab with Him!

Be aware of the bitterness cancer.