15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; ~ Hebrews 12:15
I’ve recently been watching shorts of a guy who cooks hotdogs on a griddle to sell them. He has great customer service and seems to genuinely enjoy what he does. What struck me as crazy was his comment section. People were commenting how he thinks he’s a chef cause he flips some hotdogs. They mocked his tossing of the jalapeño in the air with his tongs turn catching it in the other hand with the plate.
See, the enemy will do whatever and use whoever it takes in order to try to bring you down. He uses miserable, empty people in hopes spreading their venom and taking the joy away from you. But don’t let him. Don’t let the enemy steal your joy.
And don’t let the enemy use you to destroy other people’s joy the way someone has destroyed yours. Bringing someone else down won’t lift you up. A root of bitterness will try to entice you to bring everyone else around you down so that you won’t be alone in your bitterness. Why? Because misery loves company. It’s a lie from the enemy trying to convince you that it will make you feel better to bring someone down. The only way to no longer be broken is by allowing the LORD to heal you and uproot that root of bitterness from within you.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Let God Uproot.