As if the story couldn’t get any better, Paul also tells the Ephesians that God’s redemptive plan in us was formed “before the foundation of the world” (Eph. 1:4). Stop and ponder that amazing fact. Overcoming bitterness is not simply a human goal that we might adopt on a random winter day. This process is part of God’s eternal plan so that we could live “to the praise of the glory of His grace” (1:6). When people are learning to overcome bitterness, it isn’t simply