If you're like us, maybe you've let your yard run a little wild in recent weeks. As winter slowly slid into spring {or what we call "winter" and "spring" in Texas}, we let the landscape fend for itself for the most part. Back to the wildness of its roots. Sure, we kept it at bay enough not to get any HOA letters, but that's about the minimum. And good luck to the backyard entrants. Sadie now looks like she's been through an episode of Survivor and can fend for herself among some pretty sketchy terrain. {Or maybe you're not like us and contend for Yard of the Month, either way.} But the other day as the dogs and I spent our outside time, I saw it there extending itself at least two or three feet tall—a weed. Do you know what a weed is? In the spirit of the work-from-home and school-from-home environment that many of us currently find ourselves in, lets pause for a vocab lesson, shall we? weed noun
It wasn't that big at first. It grew slowly by the side of the yard. You probably didn't even notice it for a while. But then it grew bigger and a little unsightly. It stole nutrients from your green, cultivated grass. It was unwanted, but here it is. But wait. Atop that weed sprung flowers which attracted one of my favorite creatures in all the land. {Also mildly obsessed with quokkas, but we'll touch on that another time.} As I watched the delicate wings flutter from bloom to bloom, the "butterfly verse" sprang into my head.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Despite the ugly, the disappointing, and the unwanted, there can be blooms. And those blooms from weeds attract new life and growth. I didn't pull that weed right away, I let the butterfly enjoy it. By the next day, the weed had fallen over on it's own. It had begun to wilt, slowly tipping to the side and making its departure from our yard. Perhaps that's what happens to our own weeds sometimes? They grow in our lives—seemingly out of nowhere—and have the potential to be in competition to the circumstances we are cultivating but then, once they are noticed, they back down. Be mindful of your weeds. Don't let them take over the beauty that is sprouting in your life, but don't give them too much attention, either. If you remove them too early, you may not learn anything at all.
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