Category: self-examination

• For Those Who Are Contemplating Divorce

  So often what leads us to thoughts of divorce is not adultery but simply a cycle of conflict that we don’t know how to break. And so often what we come to hate about our spouse is just another form of the thing we loved in the first place.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  September 23, 2023

  family, marriage, self-examination

  Bible, choose your hard, commitment, divorce, God’s commands, marriage

• Overcoming Bitterness

  It certainly isn’t wrong to lament if we’ve been disappointed or even to be angry if we’ve been treated unfairly. But when we allow anger or disappointment to fester and ferment, eventually we become bitter, thinking of ourselves as victims.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  August 26, 2023

  forgiveness, self-examination

  anger, Bible study, bitterness, emotions, God, resentment, self-evaluation, sin, victim mentality