"Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." (Hebrews 12:14-15)
I really need to work on this verse. These past few days I've been feeling so much bitterness within myself, but I've been trying to shove it all under the bed; and now it's finally catching up to me. I'm not even sure what it exactly is that's been bothering me, but from that it just snowballed, picking up every little irksome thing in its path. (It's not pms!!!) But as the verse says, "see to it... that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many." That is what bitterness does to the body of Christ. It starts from one bad attitude, ill-conceived thoughts, slander, gossip- like a weed and sprouts and spreads everywhere until the whole church is broken in shambles. I need to kill that weed before I start rubbing off onto others. Haha I sound like I'm spreading some infectious disease- but I really am in a way. I hope I haven't already, but if I have- I pray for forgiveness; because that's the last thing I want to do- influence people in a negative way. I want to spread love not hate- I want others to see Christ and the love of God overflowing from me. That is my prayer and my hope.
