Bitterness is one of the deadliest emotions we ever feel. You can't look forward when you're bitter, only backward—thinking about what you've lost, stuck in the past, despairing because it's gone.

About Lynn Austin

Lynn Austin (born 1949) is the American author of many Christian fiction novels and holds the record for most Christy Awards won: eight. One of her books, Hidden Places was turned into a Hallmark Channel movie. She and her husband have three children and live in Holland, Michigan.

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Bitterness is one of the deadliest emotions we ever feel. You can't look forward when you're bitter, only backward — thinking about what you've lost, stuck in the past, despairing because it's gone.