How are the weeds in your garden?

I know I've talked about weeds before, but weeds are inevitable in a garden; and weeds (sins) are inevitable in life.


You can't plant a garden without weeds, nor can you go through life without trouble/problems.  Such is life.


Weeds can literally choke a fully developed plant in any garden.  You have to be on the lookout for them.  You can't go very long without checking to see if any have popped up.


This is the way sin creeps into our lives.  It starts out small, insignificant.  Then, before we know it, it's strangling us.  Fear, doubt and anxiety come with it.  


What's distracting you from Jesus today?  What are you letting creep into your life right now?  Are you merely existing in the garden of life, or are you putting on your righteous gloves everyday and pulling out those weeds/sins before they even take root?


Matthew 13:24-30 
Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. "But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. "But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also."


Sew some good seeds today.  Let them take root in your life.  Be alert and aware of the weeds that are ready to take control.


Keep weeds away before they get the chance to sprout!