When it comes to our taste buds, there is a significant difference between sour and bitter. Bitter is an alkaline taste, while Sour is an acidic taste. Bitter is often associated with an unpleasant flavor, and a sour taste is usually referenced as a pleasant taste. However, when we exchange our “tastebuds” for “feelings”, a “sour” or “bitter” attitude can reflect some of the same intense feelings resulting in similar behavior. These feelings consist of hurt, resentment, and disappointment and can perpetuate undesirable situations leading to years of anguish and unhealthy emotional balances. Our emotional balances are part of who we are, and they are measured by what we do. Our words and actions reflect our heart, mind, soul, and spirit. Emotional Intelligence is the intellectual ability to minimize stress by understanding, utilizing, and managing our own emotions. The method by which we communicate, show empathy, subdue challenges, and defuse conflict are all indicators of our emotional intellectual attributes. Your Bitter C.U.P. is presenting you with the message that it is time for a DETOX! Collect Stones and begin to transform the “bitter feelings” you have been harboring for years into a Healthy Liberated New YOU in Christ Jesus!
As Christians there is only one remedy, one solution, one fact, one truth, one antidote to our toxic and detrimental attitudes and actions, JESUS! Jesus is our source for receiving the “cleansing agent” the Holy Spirit. Psalms 116: 13 states: I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. When we truly have accepted Christ as our personal Savior, and we pray to God our Heavenly Father earnestly by faith, we become endowed by the Holy Spirit. Every attribute of the Holy Spirit is a catalyst, or source, contributing to your DETOX! (Galatians 5:22) The purpose of a DETOX is to rid the body of excessive toxins which can cause fatigue, disease, cancer development, and even lead to death over a period of time. Therefore, when we receive the power cleansing of the Holy Spirit, the “toxic” emotional behaviors that easily beset us in “our spiritual being” are washed away. We begin to feel fresh, invigorating, caring, loving, joyful, and more peaceful in our interactions with others. We truly excel in our Emotional Intelligence (EQ) management because the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, Power, and ultimate affirmation of Salvation takes us to a Spiritual level beyond the perception of the human mind.
So, consume your Bitter C.U.P. and begin your journey through a spiritual DETOX! The Lord Jesus our Savior promised that He would not leave us comfortless; In the book of John, Jesus says, …And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. [John 14: 16-18 KJV]. Your Healthy Liberated New YOU in the Spirit of Christ Jesus is ready to come forth!
… Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.… [ 2 Timothy 1: 13- 14 KJV]
BITTER C.U.P. Consumed Under Pressure © Lady Angela Carter
Amen and Amen…I receive this word in Jesus Name. Thank you for the teaching.
Amen