I SOMETIMES WRITE NOTES THAT I READ IN CHURCH. THEY ARE NOT EVER AS LONG AS THE ONES I WRITE HERE THOUGH. BUT, MY POINT IS, I AM WRITING MY "NOTE" FOR TODAY ABOUT SOMETHING I WROTE AND READ IN CHURCH QUITE A WHILE BACK. IT WAS ABOUT "PULLING WEEDS".
I HAD WORKED IN OUR FLOWER BED THE DAY I WROTE THE FIRST NOTE ABOUT PULLING WEEDS. IN THE NOTE, I SHARED WITH EVERYONE HOW THE SIMPLE ACT OF PULLING WEEDS OUT OF THE FLOWER BED HAD TURNED INTO A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME. SOUNDS KINDA STRANGE DOESNT IT, BUT IT WAS TRUE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD BEEN IN THE FLOWER BED THAT PARTICULAR SPRING. A WHOLE WINTER HAD PASSED AND WEEDS AND BITS OF TRASH AND LEAVES AND GRASS HAD BASICALLY TAKEN OVER.
I HAD BEEN PUTTING OFF GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING STARTED. I KNEW I HAD QUITE A JOB ON MY HANDS. BUT, I BUILT UP THE ENERGY AND THE COURAGE TO TACKLE THAT FLOWER BED AND FINALLY GOT TO IT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, I BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE JOB I HAD AHEAD OF ME IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE WEEDS THAT I WAS PULLING UP QUICKLY BECAME SYMBOLIC OF SIN THAT I WAS PLUCKING OUT OF MY LIFE. THE BIGGER, ROOTED WEEDS BECAME LIKE LONG STANDING SIN BEING PULLED UP AND OUT BY THE ROOT. LEAVES AND TRASH BECAME SYMBOLS OF THE CLUTTER THAT WAS PRESENT IN MY LIFE. THE TINY GRASS, THE WEEDS OF THE FUTURE, CAME UP TOO. TO ME, THESE WERE LIKE THE LITTLE HABITS I HAD THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD.
AS I PULLED UP THE WEEDS AND PICKED OUT ALL OF THE TRASH, I PRAYED. NOT BIG, FANCY PRAYER. I MAINLY JUST REPEATED THANK YOU LORD! THANK YOU JESUS! I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE LORD SPOKE TO ME THAT DAY. I SAW CLEANING OUT THE FLOWER BED IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIGHT.
YESTERDAY, I GOT INTO THE SAME FLOWER BED AGAIN. THIS YEAR, I DIDNT PUT IT OFF. IN FACT, I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, BUT I KNEW THAT HORRIBLE LOOKING FLOWER BED HELD A TRUE BLESSING FOR ME. I DIDNT USE A RAKE. I DIDNT BREAK OUT WITH THE HOE. MY DAD OFFERED TO LET ME USE SOME GLOVES. I SAID NO, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO GET MY FULL BLESSING. AND I DID. I MADE A DAY OUT OF IT. I GOT OUT THERE BY MYSELF. JUST ME AND THE LORD. WE HAD AN AWESOME DAY. I DIDNT STOP UNTIL I HAD GOTTEN IT ALL. I HAD A WONDERFUL DAY.
I TOLD MY MOM THAT WE ARENT HAVING A FLOWER BED THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A PRAYER GARDEN.
..............AND ITS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.............
NEXT TIME YOU GET OUT IN YOUR MOST DREADED FLOWER BED, I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THIS "NOTE". I HOPE YOU TRY IT. I FEEL SURE THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED. I SURE HAVE BEEN. IF HE DOES IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.
I HAD WORKED IN OUR FLOWER BED THE DAY I WROTE THE FIRST NOTE ABOUT PULLING WEEDS. IN THE NOTE, I SHARED WITH EVERYONE HOW THE SIMPLE ACT OF PULLING WEEDS OUT OF THE FLOWER BED HAD TURNED INTO A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME. SOUNDS KINDA STRANGE DOESNT IT, BUT IT WAS TRUE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD BEEN IN THE FLOWER BED THAT PARTICULAR SPRING. A WHOLE WINTER HAD PASSED AND WEEDS AND BITS OF TRASH AND LEAVES AND GRASS HAD BASICALLY TAKEN OVER.
I HAD BEEN PUTTING OFF GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING STARTED. I KNEW I HAD QUITE A JOB ON MY HANDS. BUT, I BUILT UP THE ENERGY AND THE COURAGE TO TACKLE THAT FLOWER BED AND FINALLY GOT TO IT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, I BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE JOB I HAD AHEAD OF ME IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE WEEDS THAT I WAS PULLING UP QUICKLY BECAME SYMBOLIC OF SIN THAT I WAS PLUCKING OUT OF MY LIFE. THE BIGGER, ROOTED WEEDS BECAME LIKE LONG STANDING SIN BEING PULLED UP AND OUT BY THE ROOT. LEAVES AND TRASH BECAME SYMBOLS OF THE CLUTTER THAT WAS PRESENT IN MY LIFE. THE TINY GRASS, THE WEEDS OF THE FUTURE, CAME UP TOO. TO ME, THESE WERE LIKE THE LITTLE HABITS I HAD THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD.
AS I PULLED UP THE WEEDS AND PICKED OUT ALL OF THE TRASH, I PRAYED. NOT BIG, FANCY PRAYER. I MAINLY JUST REPEATED THANK YOU LORD! THANK YOU JESUS! I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE LORD SPOKE TO ME THAT DAY. I SAW CLEANING OUT THE FLOWER BED IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT LIGHT.
YESTERDAY, I GOT INTO THE SAME FLOWER BED AGAIN. THIS YEAR, I DIDNT PUT IT OFF. IN FACT, I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. IT WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE, BUT I KNEW THAT HORRIBLE LOOKING FLOWER BED HELD A TRUE BLESSING FOR ME. I DIDNT USE A RAKE. I DIDNT BREAK OUT WITH THE HOE. MY DAD OFFERED TO LET ME USE SOME GLOVES. I SAID NO, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO GET MY FULL BLESSING. AND I DID. I MADE A DAY OUT OF IT. I GOT OUT THERE BY MYSELF. JUST ME AND THE LORD. WE HAD AN AWESOME DAY. I DIDNT STOP UNTIL I HAD GOTTEN IT ALL. I HAD A WONDERFUL DAY.
I TOLD MY MOM THAT WE ARENT HAVING A FLOWER BED THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A PRAYER GARDEN.
..............AND ITS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.............
NEXT TIME YOU GET OUT IN YOUR MOST DREADED FLOWER BED, I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THIS "NOTE". I HOPE YOU TRY IT. I FEEL SURE THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED. I SURE HAVE BEEN. IF HE DOES IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.
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