As I was thinking about what to cook for dinner, my thoughts drifted to turnips.  The turnip is a root vegetable.  Small, tender varieties are grown for human consumption.    Occasionally we can be growing roots in our life, but they are not meant for human consumption.   For example the root of bitterness, anger, or rebellion.   So how do we make sure that we don’t grow these roots or consume them?

“Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 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. ”  Hebrews 12:14-15

“Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.  And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”  Ephesians 4:31-32