Pleasant or Bitter

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Naomi to me is a perfect example of an obedient wife - that is obedient to God.
Her name means "Pleasant" and I'm sure that was her personality. But I also would bet that she hemmed and hawed at Eli as he packed up to move to Moab. I'm sure she complained about the move and told Eli he was making a mistake - but she followed.
That is what an obedient wife does - she tells her spouse what she believes but then she follows where he is going. Even when it is outside of God's promise.
Because Eli was the one in the wrong he was the one God disciplined.
And as soon as Naomi was able, she returns. After 10 years of living outside of God's promise she is no longer the pleasant woman that she was. Instead, she has become "bitter" and tells people to call her Mara.
But if you notice, it doesn't take long before she is going by the name of Naomi once again. When we allow God to have our bitterness he takes it and returns back in its place a pleasantness, a sweetness of being in His presence.
What in your life today has you bitter? Are you willing to come to God with your bitterness and allow him to change it into a pleasantness?