Good Morning,
The sweet smell of Door County Highlander Grog Coffee was coming from the kitchen and it overcame me to the point that I had to get this day started.
Our home is kind of cold this morning. The temperatures dropped and we haven't given in and started to heat the house just yet. I dressed a little warmer this morning and I am ready to write.
As the one who does most of the cooking in our family I have quite a collection of spices and seasonings. Each one in the cupboard has a purpose and at times, when mixed together a few spices become a blended seasoning. The seasoning when added to food makes for a delicious meal. I have noticed through the years that when I am preparing a sweet dish or a roasted meat that mixing in the spice of a bitter root is not going to help the flavor of what I hope to produce.
I would say that my wife and I make a pretty good team and like a sweet dish, there is no room in this relationship for bitterness. Now each of us has messed up and said things to each other that we wish we could take back. We are always sure to go back and heal the miscue. Bitterness could creep in and once that happens, it's like when you accidentally add ground bitter root to a soup, and it gets into the stock, you can't get it out. The soup stock is ruined.
When we go around with bitterness in our hearts we fall short of God's grace and we fail to extend grace to others. Bitterness can ruin a dish, and to call it what it is, once embedded in our hearts it becomes a cancer to our souls. We cannot and should not live with bitterness toward others. Like a soup with the wrong spices, you can tell when someone is full of bitterness, and lacking in grace, just by their speech and actions. They become like a snake, ready launch out and bite. They are unpredictable. Those who are filled with bitterness forget God's grace toward them and become their own judge and jury toward others. They walk about blaming others for everything and accept no willingness to take responsibility for their own actions.
God clearly has something to say about that. Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
If this is you. Stop the root of bitterness from growing in your heart today. The weed killer needed is a come to Jesus meeting and emptying your soul of all bitterness and wrath. If this has been a pattern of your life, and you call yourself a loving Christian, I hate to say this but " If you is where you was, maybe you ain't". This behavior if worsening is a problem and will ruin those closest to you and as with all cancers that go unchecked, it spreads to those further and further in your circle of influence.
Let this Sunday be a new day with a fresh pot of soup for the soul. But don't add the bitterness.
Marty
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