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The Deceitful Power of Bitterness and Stubbornness.

It's a power play When you think of someone being bitter or stubborn, do you think of them as trying to attain power over others? Do you think of it as a power play or a selfish act? Or both? It is both, but I want to focus here on the power play. Life is all about power and submission. Who's the boss? While we Americans like to act as if we are totally free from other's power, it's not true. Everybody at all times is under the authority of God. Almost everybody who has ever lived is under the authority of another person. These are facts that we can't refute, but we will fight against them none the less. Think of wealthy people. It's easy to see how wealthy people can wield power over the poor, but do you know that the poor can wield power over the wealthy? When a poor man steals something from a wealthy person and asks for a ransom, they are wielding power over the wealthy one. That's seems pretty obvious, but you might ask, "How is a