Greetings!!!Do you have trees in your yard with roots that have become a problem? The roots of two maple trees in our front yard have gotten so big that it is difficult to mow around the trees. So I took on the task of digging out the grass around them and mulching that area. As intertwined as the as the branches are, the roots were even more entangled. It amazed me how many really large roots there are under these trees. I could not see how big the problem was as long as the grass covered the roots.
As I looked at the roots of these trees, Hebrews 12:14-15 kept coming to mind. "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 (in the footnote : "Falls short of" or "fails to lay hold of" God's grace) and that no bitter root (in the footnote: Pride, animosity, rivalry or anything else harmful to others.) grows up to cause trouble and defile many."
What is your struggle? With whom are you struggling? It is up to you to bring peace to the situation. It is up to you to seek peace and pursue it. Cry out to God for His grace in the time of your need. Do not allow envy and pride lead to animosity and resentfulness. If you leave this unchecked, it will lead to bitterness. Bitterness is a deadly poison. Like the roots of our trees, it will entangle and disrupt everything near it and choke the life out of you and everyone around you.
The LORD bless you with doing what you need to do to rid your life of all resentfulness and bitterness and anything else that would keep you from the presence of God.
I love you,
Ruth
