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Weeds and the Heart


Living in New Mexico one becomes accustomed to dirt. My yard is pretty much a huge dirt yard, there are various desert plants and some fruit trees, some decorative grass…….and for those of us who live here it does not look all that bad.


Another thing we become accustomed to here in New Mexico is weeds…and most especially Goat Head weeds. They are hardy, they grow everywhere and their seeds have thorns that will stick to anything and everything…your tires, your shoes, your animals feet, your feet…they are the enemy here in New Mexico.


Recent drought conditions here gave us a spring without weeds, and part of a summer without weeds. We water our garden plants and we sit back on our patio and enjoy the landscape. No weeds! And yet laying just under the surface of the soil are hundreds upon hundreds of goat head seeds. Our dogs are often seen standing out in the yard, paw raised in air, hurtful expression on face that yells out “help me mom!” and we are called to go and remove a goat head.


Recent rains have caused an explosion of these pesky weeds in our yard. Battle is required daily to wipe them out, wipe them out while they are small and tiny and manageable else they will become a plant, they will produce seeds, and those seeds will lay dormant in the dirt, causing pain and suffering to those creatures unfortunate enough to step on them, and producing thousands more if allowed to take root and grow. They are deceptive weeds, for when they bloom they have a beautiful delicate yellow flower.





My backyard is rather like my heart. I can water my heart with God’s word, I can exercise my heart by sowing seeds of peace and love with others, but I should never sit back and behold my heart and look upon it as a finished work….for each day tiny seeds are tossed in, tiny seeds sometimes not even noticed, not even noticed until they raise their foul heads and behold upon them dark stickers that cause pain…..or even worse…they take root, they grow, and they become a foul thing that chokes my heart, causes pain and sorrow and propagates the same.


Guard your heart for from it flow the well springs of life……


And from an unguarded heart can flow evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders.....
 
Originally published on Blogger, August 2, 2013