Weeds

I have weeds in my yard. As common as this is I can't help being upset by it. You see, just before Spring rolled around the corner I began planning my dream yard, complete with vegetable and flower gardens.

So as the grass began to wake from Winter's slumber it received a yummy fertilization. We top-dressed all the garden bed's with stimulating compost. Finally my children and I labored over many new seeds, bulbs and tender sunflower and bean plants, grown as school experiments.

Exciting stuff, right? Except weeds were not part of my plan! And now I wander the yard so distracted from all the emerging beauty by these blasted weeds.

I'm realizing that no matter how big and beautiful my dreams for this yard are it is going to take lots daily effort to maintain and nurture. Sounds familiar to the way God watches over my life. I have big plans that inevitably produce some weeds. I know that just as I root up those weeds in my yard God has some rooting up to do in my life. It's going to be hard work, for both of us. Maybe if I keep dreaming of the beauty it won't hurt so much.