The Funny Thing About Grass

Friends,

It's been a long time since I've posted here. Too long. Despite this fact, God is still on the throne, and continues to love us very much! I'm thankful that He's never too busy to care, and never mentally checks out.

I was waiting for the bus to commute to the office last week, and stared at a hillside adjacent the stop. It was an ordinary chunk of yard, but God opened my eyes to much more this day. Mixed in this lot were thin spots of dirt where foliage barely covered, and laced amongst the lush grass blades were varying weeds, heads of dandelions and clover. The yard wasn't necessary unkempt; it just looks like a normal front yard that you or I would stroll past without a second thought. It was here that God met me. 

"Do you see the weeds among the blades of grass?" I felt Him ask in my spirit. "Yes, Lord. I see them." I said. "These inperfect weeds are normal to you, but they don't belong there." God said even more: "weeds among the grass is common to you, because you live in an imperfect world. They weren't a part of my perfect plan for grass, any more than for sin was to enter into this world".

Of course, this wasn't audible to me. I'm sure God didn't actually speak in the literal sense. However, I felt it deep in my being. A resonating truth. Friends, if we simply accept the pain and trouble of this world as 'normal', it can encroach on any hope we might have for a brighter future; here on earth, or in eternity. Understand this: sin is not normal. It wasn't part of God's plan for our lives. Yet, God sent His son to die on a cross for us, to reunite us with God, abolish sin and make a way for us to live with Him one day. And no, I firmly believe there are no weeds in Heaven.

John 16:33

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

Love you,

Good night