Weeds

Last updated on: August 27, 2009 at 4:13 pm by Bethany "B-mama"

Weeds 2009-08-27T16:13:00-06:00 Bethany "B-mama"

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While mowing the lawn this morning, the words from 2 Timothy rung loud and clear in my crazy brain, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim. 4:7) Rather profound for lawn mowing, eh? Profound until I tell you why I was thinking of this verse…

Weeds.

All over.

We have fought hard against them and yet they are still there!

Poor GG mowed the lawn a few weeks back and called me immediately while I was away in Ohio. “Honey, have you seen the weeds in the front yard?” I had.

“They are taking over!” Poor guy. I could see the stress lines forming on his forehead.

He has been fighting those darn weeds all spring and summer with everything from pre-emersion treatment to top down weed killer.

Yet the weeds still come and thrive and it is frustrating!!

There’s crab grass by the edges and around our lamppost. There’s Bermuda grass encroaching from the neighbor’s yard. There is a leafy variety consuming the small strip of grass by the driveway. Ugh. Weeds.

When I stop to think, though, I am struck by how true this metaphor applies to the rest of our lives. We are living the good life, taking care of our day-to-day, attempting to have a holy perspective in the midst of life’s ups and downs. And then the weeds come. They approach stealthily at first, implanting ever so delicately between the God areas of our hearts. Over time, without attention, they grow and flourish, putting down roots and becoming established in the soil of our life. They go from being immediate temptations to entrenched sinful habits. They draw the life out of all the good parts.

We might even have been actively trying to avoid the weeds, doing everything we know how to do–praying, reading the Word, attending church. We can never be too cautious. “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8

So today is not only a day to cut the grass, it’s also one to do some serious praying and examination of conscience. I need to ask God to reveal the weeds in my life, the fledgling ones that I cannot yet recognize. Where are they, Lord? Show me them so that I can truly build the fruitful aspects of my heart. And while I’m at, God, inspire me toward a deeper relationship with you; one that can endure the weedy seasons of life and emerge fruitful and beautiful. Equip me for the long fight, my Lord.

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