Weeds

Weeds-another old blog from 2008

I had the best conversation with one of my dearest friends today. We talked about so many things, but one of the topics we discussed was the fact that we as individuals have to go through a 'weeding process.' In this particular process God begins to sort out things and people that do not need to be in your life or anywhere near you. He begins to reveal to you people that are out to hurt you or destroy your emotional and spiritual well-being. We all have weeds in our lives, but it is up to us to use the discernment God gives us to kill them before they kill us. How can they kill us you may ask? Well the definition of a weed is a plant that is considered by the user of the term to be a nuisance, and normally applied to unwanted plants in human-made settings such as gardens, lawns or agricultural areas, but also in parks, woods and other natural areas.Weeds may be unwanted because they are unsightly, or they limit the growth of other plants by blocking light or using up nutrients from the soil. They also can harbor and spread plant pathogens that can infect and degrade the quality of crop or horticultural plants. That is the working definition of a weed, but what are the weeds in our lives. The key things about weeds are that they are unsightly, they limit the growth of other plants, and they block the light and use up nutrients from the soil. The first thing that a weed does is that it deems itself unsightly. The only problem with that is the fact that some people are so clever in their deceit and deception that they disguise themselves as our friends, learn as much as they can about us and then they use what they know to hurt us. How can you tell an unsightly weed in your life? They are always depressed. Nothing can make them happy not even realizing the goodness of the Lord in the lives of other people. They walk in darkness not wanting to see the light, they lurk in our shadows waiting to attack. Second, they limit the growth of other plants. When we continue to let the 'weeds' remain active in lives they begin to limit our spiritual growth. They make us so bogged down with the negativity of life and not the positive things that God is working out. They block our blessings as well as their own. Who wants that type of person in their life? For some reason though we continue to let them stay and latch on to us even when we know they are taking all that we have, our spiritual energy, our physical energy, and our emotional energy. We do this because we are human and we want the best for everyone, we use the excuse 'they will change,' but in all actuality it is not them that changes it is us. We began to die, and the weed begins to take over, pretty soon the plant or person that we were is tainted and struggling for life. How do we get out of this situation? First of all, listen to God. When God gives you the discernment that there are weeds in your life, stop trying to hold on to them. YOU CANNOT HELP THEM. Pray for them and ask God to deal with them accordingly.