Yesterday, my husband and I dug into some tough physical work.  It was apparent that we had neglected some important tasks in our yard far too long.  The weeds were overtaking my hill garden and that is a monumental task in itself.  We also have some conifer bushes in front of the house that hadn’t been trimmed in years.

It got me to thinking about how we as Christians can become infected with sin and darkness when we aren’t constantly vigilant in our prayer life or our daily walk with Christ.  We need to be pruned and reshaped.  We need to get the weeds out before they overtake us.

By the end of the day our bodies were aching and tired.  When you’re in your 70s  physical labor gets harder and harder.  We, as part of the family of God, often find it difficult to pay attention to our souls.  Sometimes we take our faith for granted.  We neglect going to church for fellowship, renewal and uplifting.  We forget about searching the Scriptures.  It sometimes seems too much like work.

When we finally finish the work in our yard, things will look lovely again, but it won’t stay that way.  It is a lifetime battle to weed out the icky stuff in our lives too.  The hope we have is not in the things of this world, but in our Heavenly Father – who paid the price that we could never pay.

Thank you, Father, for weeding the sin from my soul.  I could never do the job by myself.  You know my weaknesses and shortcomings and you have freely given me a way out of the clutches of sin.  I praise you for your precious love.