Weeds

I spent an hour outside this morning pulling weeds out of the flower and herb beds and out of our landscaping. It has been an extremely hot and humid summer and the weed situation had gotten out of hand. So, even though it was still uncomfortably sticky out (even at 8:00 am!), I couldn’t stand it any longer and pulled the weeds. Although I ended up very hot and itchy, and there are still some stray weeds lurking around bushes, it felt so good to get rid of those ugly things that had been marring our yard for too long. I would much rather people notice the moss roses and snapdragons that are managing to flourish despite the heat, and not all the weeds in the yard.

It made me think, what “weeds” are there in my life that need pulling? What bad habits are there that I have let grow and spread for too long, marring my testimony? What weeds of procrastination, laziness, a sharp tongue, impatience, gossip, etc need to come out of my heart and out of my habits so that when people see me they see Christ and not a bunch of weeds?

What do you think? Are you ready to do a little weed pulling of your own?

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