Getting To The Root of It

When someones heart is broken, you can see the brokenness within them. Their mind and thoughts change. The center of their being is interrupted and then a pretender appears.

Think of a tree. When the roots of a tree are damaged, you can't see the roots, but you can look at the tree and see there is something wrong. If not fixed properly, the tree begins to bear bad fruit. As humans, we tend to look at what we see and try to fix the problem; but if you don't fix the root, you can't fix the fruit. A friend of mine discovered at the age of 48 she suffered from the seed of rejection. What appeared on the out side was bad relationships, constantly moving, not being able to connect and always in some kind of conflict with people.

The healing process can be a long road. Getting to the root of a problem can be complex. Before you can find the root of the problem, you must examine the bad fruit. Let's look at the bad fruit of rejection: depression, self-pity, lack of self confidence, negativism, being judgmental and controlling, anger and hostility, and choosing unsafe relationships. If a person has several of these qualities, we can see that they may suffer from the root of rejection.

Now, imagine a child with a broken heart. They begin to bear bad fruit and are labeled a bad child or a problem child. All their life people continue to deal with the bad fruit, and not the bad root. When they become adults they continue to pass on the bad root through the bad fruit. Why? Because hurt people, hurt those around them with their bad fruit. A bad seed sown in a child's life produces contaminated roots. And contaminated roots have infected neighborhoods, schools, churches and the core of our dwelling. . . the home.