seeing jesus in the weeds

i am so completely overwhelmed with our yard. spring has come and it brought the weeds with it. they are overrunning our entire yard and it is stressing me out to the max. i don’t want to deal with it… i just want to close my eyes, pay someone to fix it, and when i open them again find a beautiful oasis of a yard. but alas, it’s not something that can be fixed in the blink of an eye. it will take work and it will be a process. and as much as i hate it, i cannot help but see the obvious spiritual parallel between the weeds in my yard and the sin in my life…

the weeds are running amuck. and the way i see it, i have three options. i can leave them alone and have them completely overrule the entire yard, making the weed problem go from bad to worse. i can mow over them, making them look good on the surface, but with time they will come back with a vengeance. or i can take the time to get my hands dirty and dig up the roots. this won’t be pretty at first. it will leave gaping holes in my yard. it will leave pockets of dirt that are raw and exposed.. but with time, new life will come and it will be strong and healthy and full.

kind of like life.

i look the sin in my life and find that i have those same three options. i can ignore it and let the sin run rampant in my life. i can white-knuckle it and try to handle it on my own… i’ll look pretty on the surface all the while being dead inside and will just be frustrated days, weeks, or months later when it all resurfaces. or i can do like jesus advocates in matthew 7:27-30 and dig up the roots, identifying the cause of the outward sin and work through the hard, tedious, and overwhelming task of removing it. this option seems hard. and scary. and overwhelming. it will leave gaping wounds that are raw and exposed. it will be painful. but in the end, the removal of the roots will bring forth new life and life to the fullest.

i hate weeds. and i hate my sin. and as much as i hate getting out there and uprooting the junk in my yard, i can’t help but smile that jesus is found even in the weeds.

what deeply rooted sin is in your life that needs to be dealt with? and with what option do you plan to tackle it?

just something to think about.

xoxo

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