Weeds

Grass is good, right? And the blooming redbud trees are good too, aren't they?

Yes, except where I want to plant ferns, hosta, and lamium. So then "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" in the garden as it is elsewhere. When grass and redbud sprouts grow where I don't want them, they are "weeds" even though they're not ugly.

Weeds, whether they are dandelions and henbit or a nice ground cover like vinca minor that's gone crazy, have to be dealt with. They compete with more desirable plants for water and nutrients and for space to grow. They're not unlike the many things in our busy lives, calling for our attention. Sometimes "good" is the enemy of "best."

"Good friend, take to heart what I'm telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. That's right—if you make Insight your priority, and won't take no for an answer, searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you'll have come upon the Knowledge of God." (Proverbs 2:1-5)

MaryMartha

Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 2003 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

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