How to Be Free from Bitterness by Jim Wilson

How to Be Free from Bitterness by Jim Wilson

Bitterness often grows out of a small offense: perhaps a passing word, an accidental slight, or a pair of dirty socks left in the middle of the living room floor.

Yet when bitterness takes root in our hearts, its effects are anything but small. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. (Heb. 12:15)

In this collection of short articles, Jim Wilson and others discuss what it means to live as imitators of God. As the Apostle Paul says in Ephesians, we have been called to leave the bitterness and anger of the world and instead embrace the love and compassion of our God. The authors remind us that we are to forgive others just as we have been forgiven, pointing to Scriptural admonitions and examples as they offer sound teaching on the trials and temptations of everyday life.

Jim Wilson is a Consultant Psychologist with Foster Care Associates, where he also conducts training, consultancy, and practice projects in the UK, Scandinavia, and Ireland. He is increasingly being asked to give workshops, seminars, and conferences to colleagues in Belgium, Germany, and the United States on his methodology. His works span the last eighteen years and encompass his interests in family therapist training and practice advancement. His book Child Focused Practice: A Collaborative Systemic Approach (Karnac, 1998) is on improving therapy practice with children. He expands the spectrum of family therapy practice and the development of the therapist's distinctive style in his second work, The Performance of Practice: Expanding the Repertoire of the Family Therapist.