Some of the best conversations about the spiritual life that I have with my daughter, Sara, are in the garden. Today, on a beautiful mid-70's April Sunday, she and I cleaned up a flower bed and pulled weeds. We couldn't believe how many weeds there were already that have sprung up. And how big some of their roots were. And how, even though we pulled bunches of weeds today, there will be that many again in a few weeks. We kept wondering aloud why flowers don't grow with such ease and abundance. No fair!
It was a great opportunity to talk about how weeds spring up in our lives all the time too. And how they don't just permanently disappear, but we constantly have to tend to our souls and uproot the weeds that threaten to take over our lives and keep us from blooming in Christ. There's intentionality and discipline needed to grow a healthy garden and a healthy soul.
It was a great opportunity to talk about how weeds spring up in our lives all the time too. And how they don't just permanently disappear, but we constantly have to tend to our souls and uproot the weeds that threaten to take over our lives and keep us from blooming in Christ. There's intentionality and discipline needed to grow a healthy garden and a healthy soul.
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