I’m looking forward to spring, because I love to spend time in the garden. Often, much to my dismay, I find many of my flower and vegetable gardens get infested with weeds. Just looking at the uninvited greenery that wriggled it’s way into my normally lovely gardens makes me think about how daily care in the garden makes for much less work in the long run.
Isn’t that true about most things in life? I have tried to teach my kids that if you take care of things right away, you won’t have piles of work to do later on. One of my biggest pet peeves is coming home or waking up to a kitchen sink full of dishes. With a busy schedule and lots of activities with church, schooling, recreation, chores, animals to care for, and sports activities, there are many times when dinner happens quickly and then we have to be out the door. The messy pile of dishes meets us when we get back home.
A pile of mess can happen in other areas of life if we don’t take care of things on a daily or regular basis. Little things can creep into our life when we don’t daily maintain our walk with God. Bad attitudes, anger, bitterness, corrupt communication or many other things can slip in if we don’t attend to the garden of our soul. If everyday I’ll weed my garden, I can catch the weeds when they are small and can easily be removed. If I let them grow, and the earth gets hard and dry around them, it may take a shovel and a lot of effort to remove them. Make the effort now is a good motto for life! Work it out! Be diligent and disciplined, You can do this!