The kids and I love to drink smoothies.
We blend up frozen berries with almond milk or yogurt and honey. Doesn’t matter if there is a blizzard outside or it’s twenty below zero, we will still be in the kitchen blending up the sweet goodness of a smoothie. My favorite smoothie is what I call my protein coffee, which is iced coffee blended with chocolate protein powder and some sugar-free mocha coffee creamer. I even have an iced coffee maker at the camper and a small rechargeable blender, so we don’t have to miss out on smoothies when we are away from home camping (or as my husband calls it… glamping).
The reason everyone loves a smoothie is because it is sweet and tastes good. No one ever says I want an onion smoothie please. We don’t puree frozen onions with milk and honey and sip it through a straw and say, “Oooohhh, that is so good!” Yuck! The onion is bitter and infects everything around it with its overbearing bitterness and takes away the sweetness.
Hebrews 12:15
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.
In life we cannot let the onions hang out in our smoothies. If you see them sneaking in you need to quickly remove them before they take hold and ultimately ruin your sweet drink.
We need to remember that life is not always fair, but bitterness is a choice, and we are the ones who choose to be bitter about a situation. We always have the option to pray about it, ask God to take away the pain and bitterness and then make the choice to move on and not stew about it. Don’t give that person who wronged you rent inside your head. You may be losing sleep over what happened, but I guarantee they are not, and you are only hurting yourself.
Not only will you be miserable, but it will eventually start leaking from your heart into your words and actions and will ultimately ruin relationships and make you and those around you miserable.
Be diligent, watch out for those onions and don’t let them hijack your smoothies! Make the choice to choose the sweet life over the bitter life.
