If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else, you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.

The quote argues that resentment is not merely a private feeling but an active spiritual obstruction. By “hugging” resentment, a person clings to injury as identity or possession; the cost is the loss of a “bridge” by which divine grace, comfort, or guidance might reach them. The metaphor implies reciprocity: relationship with God is intertwined with one’s willingness to forgive others. It echoes a common Christian ethical logic (seen, for example, in teachings on forgiving “as we forgive”) in which bitterness narrows the soul, making it less receptive to love, prayer, and communion—turning a relational pathway into a self-made barrier.