My word for June 24th is WEED
As in my new favorite book the author, Anna Quindlen said, “it
is said that as we grow older we need to weed out our friendships the way we
clean out our closets”. I like to
think of it as the way I clean out my flower garden. There are those plants that are pure weeds (I am laughing as
I write this and know that Sherri and Laura are laughing with me). There are those plants that do harm, the
plants that aren’t good and those that aren’t even pretty to look at. Those plants that choke out the other
plants. These plants, weeds, steal
the nutrients that help the good plants grow. When weeds grow the garden suffers. But then there are the flowers of
life. They bloom, they are
beautiful and they bring freshness and gladness to your life. You can look at them and they bring a
smile to your face. They make you
happy just by there presence. The
only choice you have is to get rid of the weeds. Whether you need to roundup or pull those suckers get them
out of there.
Weeds will take over your garden and choke out what is
beautiful. This is like our
lives. If we let the weeds take
over they will choke out our good works, they will hinder us from moving
forward, and they will keep us from what God wants us to do. Get rid of the weeds. Get rid of what makes you
unhappy, what chokes out your sunshine.
God wants you to be happy.
When you are happy and healthy you will do good work for Him. When we are being choked out by a bunch
of weeds we won’t grow. Grow is
what God wants us to do. Grow in
His word, grow in the spirit, grow and blossom spreading your flowering
disposition with everyone that visits your garden of life.
This is a great idea for the year 2012. I give this challenge to you. Take time this year to weed out what
isn’t beneficial, what isn’t making you feel good, what isn’t positive and what
isn’t making your life productive.
Your heart is your garden; fill your garden with love not weeds. Weed out your life.
Dear Lord pass us the roundup to get rid of the weeds in our
lives. We know that with weeds
growing around us we won’t prosper.
We don’t want anything to hold us back of fulfilling the plans you have
for us. Keep our garden free of
things that kill it. Bring to the
light what is a weed and what is a flower; help us to see the difference. During 2012 we are cleaning out our
gardens for You.
Galatians 5:19-21
New
International Version (NIV)
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and
debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage,
selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the
like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not
inherit the kingdom of God.
EXTRA READING: http://scripturenuggets.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/when-weeds-grow/ WHEN WEEDS GROW, June 13, 2011, George
Belobaba
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