Posted by
Sheila on Saturday, March 29, 2008 4:50:39 PM
This morning I was out in the garden as I am usually on Saturdays, and I noticed the weed population had grown dramatically since I missed a week of weeding! It always amazes me how much care and attention the flowers require to bloom and grow, but the weeds...well they just show up!
It reminded me of how hard it is in my life to keep the "weeds" out. It is so much easier just to let them be... it's so much harder to do the weeding in my life, things I should..."love my enemies, and pray for them" or be nice to the guy that just cut me off on the freeway... or be nice to the lady that just grabbed "my" parking space, or the lady that cut in line at TJ Max...
The weeds reminded me that I have to always be on the look out for weeds in my life...I'm working on doing a better job...a smile instead of a frown for the guy that cut me off, a kind word for a senior citizen who might be in a bad mood in line at the grocery store...letting someone through to park and waving pleasantly, instead of the scowl.
The good news is, that just as I can do the weeding in my garden, I can do it in my life...with Christ's help. I can bloom where I'm planted, and be like a flower adding joy and beauty, and a sweet fragrance to the world around me, where weeds could easily take over. It's worth the effort!
My garden looks so much better!