By Robert Holmes
 Image: Murnong. Copyright Craig Allen
Down the road we have a licorice farm. The produce we eat is actually not grown from a plant, but is largely the result of the sugar refining process (using molasses). But at our local factory, they do include licorice root. The famer told us that this root not only has a very strong fragrance, but it also flavours the soil it grows in. The pot and the environment become tainted, flavoured by the plant. The same is true for curry bush and chile plants.
Emotions are the same in a human soul. They are the roots of a tree which bears fruit in our lives. Those fruit will either be good, or bad: fruit of the spirit or fruit of the flesh. One of the most toxic and influential emotions is bitterness. The author of the letter to the Hebrews advised, “Let no one fall short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and defiling many,” (Hebrews 12:15). The presence of bitterness and anger cuts us off from one another – and ultimately cuts us off from Christ.
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