A post from my previous blog dated June 24, 2008
If there is no right or wrong - I can't see the plants I want in my garden as good and the weeds I don't want in my garden as bad. Both have a purpose. There aren't good and bad things that grow. God has a purpose for all of them. There is also a time, season and place for everything. It just so happens that the plants I call weeds, I am moving them to a different place. Uprooting them, digging them, pulling them out with care and transporting them to the compost pile so that their purpose can be used to continue the cycle of growth in the compost and not in my garden. That is - until a kind 7 yr old boy came along and began to educate me on what I was pulling! I actually was pulling 'weeds' that I thought weren't useful to me but actually were edible greens, healing balms and so many other beneficial 'weeds'. Oh the irony of thoughts and how I thought the weeds were nuisances when really they were divinely planted in my garden for my benefit!
Working in the garden I am learning many things. Somehow the plants and soil have a voice and if you listen closely - you can learn so much - that or I'm going crazy...Working in my garden today, I had a new perspective on weeds and plants.
As I work in the garden an hour a day I realize a few things about gardens and life. The weeds grow - they are always there. Their root system is so deep, it takes nothing for them to take root and grow and thrive and if left unattended - eventually take over the good plants that I WANT in the garden. The plants that I want need tending daily too. They need attention, sun, water and good soil.
In my life - weeds are so easy to grow. You don't have to do anything really, they're just there. Weeds like greed, jealousy, laziness, bitterness, they are numerous. If I don't take the time everyday to tend to them, pull them out by the root... they will multiply and choke out my good plants. The plants I want in my life like love, patience, giving, joy need tending daily too. They need attention, reflection, meditation and good ground.
An hour a day for my garden - an hour a day for my soul.
If there is no right or wrong - I can't see the plants I want in my garden as good and the weeds I don't want in my garden as bad. Both have a purpose. There aren't good and bad things that grow. God has a purpose for all of them. There is also a time, season and place for everything. It just so happens that the plants I call weeds, I am moving them to a different place. Uprooting them, digging them, pulling them out with care and transporting them to the compost pile so that their purpose can be used to continue the cycle of growth in the compost and not in my garden. That is - until a kind 7 yr old boy came along and began to educate me on what I was pulling! I actually was pulling 'weeds' that I thought weren't useful to me but actually were edible greens, healing balms and so many other beneficial 'weeds'. Oh the irony of thoughts and how I thought the weeds were nuisances when really they were divinely planted in my garden for my benefit!
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