Today we were working at the church again and here is an example how a practical thing can become a lesson in faith. I went to help and as I arrived there was one task laid out for me:
Get rid of the weeds in our garden. I started with one side and Pastor Xavier did the other side. While I am weeding I am thinking of the spiritual application of things. I pray: Lord, please weed the garden of my heart, please tear out what hinders me to be with you, Jesus.
After a while we took a break so Pastor Xavier and I talked: Isn’t it interesting that it is quite easy to remove the small weeds, to recognize the small weeds. Yet, when the weeds grow stronger and bigger, it is sometimes hard to distinguish from the plants (the truth) and the weeds (the bad stuff in our lives). Sometimes the weeds position themselves very closely to the plant, that makes it even harder. The harder it gets the more skills and the better tools are needed.
It is the same with how the bad stuff in our lives if left to grow/if ignored it grows and then there comes a time when it is very hard to distinguish between the truth and the bad. Have you been there? I have and I was quite astonished about how the practical action of weeding could remind me of an important truth: Let God get rid of stuff that is not His truth, stay accountable, be real!!
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE WHEREVER YOU ARE!
Saturday, May 09, 2009
WEEDS
Today we were working at the church again and here is an example how a practical thing can become a lesson in faith. I went to help and as I arrived there was one task laid out for me:
Get rid of the weeds in our garden. I started with one side and Pastor Xavier did the other side. While I am weeding I am thinking of the spiritual application of things. I pray: Lord, please weed the garden of my heart, please tear out what hinders me to be with you, Jesus.
After a while we took a break so Pastor Xavier and I talked: Isn’t it interesting that it is quite easy to remove the small weeds, to recognize the small weeds. Yet, when the weeds grow stronger and bigger, it is sometimes hard to distinguish from the plants (the truth) and the weeds (the bad stuff in our lives). Sometimes the weeds position themselves very closely to the plant, that makes it even harder. The harder it gets the more skills and the better tools are needed.
It is the same with how the bad stuff in our lives if left to grow/if ignored it grows and then there comes a time when it is very hard to distinguish between the truth and the bad. Have you been there? I have and I was quite astonished about how the practical action of weeding could remind me of an important truth: Let God get rid of stuff that is not His truth, stay accountable, be real!!
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