Ephesians 4 - Randy

Verses 31 &32- Get rid of bitterness, rage, and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.  Be kind and compassionate to  one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Uhmmm... what to do with anger, bitterness, and rage.?  Are these things ever justified-this is my first response on reading these two verses.   When he says "Be kind and compassionate to one another"  who is "one another"- maybe what these verses are saying is that we need to "Be kind and compassionate" to  other Christians, but everyone else is fair game????
I don't think so, but to be honest, I wish this was the case.  What do yo do when someone has offended or hurt you so deeply that you feel rage and bitterness are appropriate?  Are they (rage and bitterness) ever appropriate?

How about those folks who, in my mind, represent pure evil and are only out to do me harm?

We all know these types of people, and we all have these feelings;  rage, anger , and bitterness- what are we  to do? 

We can go though the motions of forgiving them (do we really know how to forgive, I don't), but they are still there, full of evil, waiting to hurt me again, and again.

What to do?

Like many other verses, these are troubling, I understand them, I just don't know how to live them.  I guess this is where faith and prayer come in :)