I have been learning quickly about gardening this year and in particular about the stubbornness of weeds. The other day I had out my handy dandy de-weeder and I went about pulling the dandelions that were scattered around my back yard. Some were baby weeds; they were easy to up root, but others were not so easy. I came to realize that the older and bigger a weed was, the harder it was to pull out. Some of them were so stubborn and ingrown; rooted so deep that pulling them out literally knocked me over.
Weeds of sin are the same. They are much easier to pull out before they have a chance to dig their roots deep into our lives. In order to keep them from spreading we also must keep after them constantly. Even though we may not enjoy dealing with our sin, it is necessary in order to keep our lives clean. Sin becomes harder to uproot the longer we wait and when it is not dealt with immediately, it will grow deeper, stronger and eventually multiply, giving birth to even more sin.
As you are out and about doing your gardening this time of year remember the lesson of the weeds. It takes constant care to keep our gardens from being taken over by invading weeds, but when we keep on top of it the results are beautiful to see. It is much the same with our lives, it takes constant effort but the results are of great reward!!!
So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light (Romans 13:12 NIV)
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