This past Saturday was the day to spray for weeds in my lawn.  I am in the process of trying to bring my front lawn back to its glory days of a green lush landscape and bountiful flowerbeds.  Due to my 3 years of neglect, however not purposeful neglect, but lack of time neglect, my lawn suffered tremendously.  Some areas were not getting adequate watering, some areas were attacked by hungry grubs and the Bermuda grass, well let’s say, it went on a serious vacation.  You would think that the disappearance act of my lawn would be my biggest nightmare, but it turned out to be the cracks in my driveway….

You see, as I was spraying for the weeds in my lawn, I also sprayed the weeds that were growing in the cracks of my driveway.  While pulling the weeds out of the cracks, I thought about how we allow cracks in our spiritual landscape to become weed-infested.  Any logical thinking person may wonder how do weeds grow in such a hard tight area, void of soil and water…the necessary ingredients for weed growth.  It is the same way with our human spirit.  When we build up a wall of bitterness, hatred and unforgiveness, our hearts become hardened that eventually will crack over time. The cracks will get bigger and bigger, allowing the weeds of life to grow into those cracks.  The hard surface of the cement driveway does not allow water to penetrate the surface just as God’s love is not able to penetrate a hardened heart.  It is not until you de-weed the crack, fill it up with God’s love and His Word that the crack will be mended, and then our spiritual landscape becomes strong and solid again.

In closing, do not allow the busyness of life cause you to neglect your spiritual landscape.  Just as you water and feed your lawn at your home, you have to water and feed your spirit with God’s Word.  For it states in the Bible, “that no man shall live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceed out of the mouth of God”….Matthew 4:4.

In Christ,

Tamela