Weeds!

There's one good thing about never having lived in Eden. 

I'm used to weeds. 

Can you imagine what it was like the first time Adam and Eve saw one as they were tending their new plot of land outside of the garden?  And knowing sin as I do, it was probably one of those weeds that you pull without getting the root, so you know you're going to have to deal with it again. 

I had a bunch of those today.  And I dread seeing them again next year, because I left all the roots intact. 

Of course, the most devastating thing about Adam and Eve's sin was that they had broken their sweet, untainted fellowship with God.  That was profoundly earth-shattering. 

But then there were all the other irritations that come with sin: arguments with each other, whiny sons, hot, ill, and bruised selves.  Hating oneself, and hating each other. (See Titus 3:3)  And of course, weeds. 

 

What a mess.  And if it hadn't been Adam, it would have been me.  Or you.  



 

 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(Titus 3:4-7 ESV)

 

Amazing love, how can it be?  That Thou, my God, should die for me?  What grace.  I savor it this day from the weed patch of my yard and my life.   

 

What is our hope?  A day without weeds still to come.  And even now, the weeds of sin kept at bay because of His mercy and kindness. 

 

Look to Him this day to get at that root in your heart. Don't ever get used to the weeds of sin there.  Know Him who pours out His mercy on you.  Savor Him and His Word.  Be at rest.