Bitter to Better Posted October 01, 2007 by Robyn Bognar

We see that though there were struggles Jonah had, there were some things he had to be thankful for, and though Jonah offered thankfulness at times, he did not appear to be living with a heart of praise in the book.  By the end of the story, Jonah was harboring such an attitude of bitterness that he got bent out of shape by his discomfort sitting out in the sun, which he didn’t even have to do.  He had lost sight of the big picture.

On the other hand, an attitude of praise can keep us looking back to God, what he is doing in our lives, and thanking him for the many small, and some bigger blessings he shines on our lives.  Therefore, if we can change anything bitter in our lives to an opportunity to praise God, we may be able to lessen the tendency toward bitterness, and, thus, have a better view of God’s plan for our lives.  Only then will we convert something that could make us bitter, to something much better.

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." - Philippians 4:8

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