Pulling Weeds

Happy Friday!  Grab a cup of your favorite drink and let's visit!

I love spring.  Everything is waking up.  It feels like coming out of a fog.  I especially love the bluebonnets on the sides of the roads around here.

What I don't love are weeds.  My yard is FULL of weeds.  I mean there truly isn't any grass; it's all weeds.  The worst are the sandburs.  We call them stickers around here.  And they are everywhere in my yard!  My yard is about 3300 square feet of weeds.

I want my boys to be able to play outside.  Can't do that with a yard FULL of stickers.  It's too painful.  So, I started to mow last week and noticed that there were a bunch of purple flowered weeds (among the blue-flowered weeds and yellow-flowered weeds).  I figured out that they were the sandburs.  I got around the yard one time with the mower and decided that it would be better to pull the weeds.  So, I began.

Let's just say that there are several sermons in pulling weeds.  Here is how God has been speaking to me:

• Weeds must be dug out by the root or they will come back.  Sounds like how we need to deal with sin in our lives.
• It can feel overwhelming when finding a place to start.  Just start.
• The more you conquer, the more you want to conquer.
• Sometimes, we need rest.
• Weeds that come back were never really pulled in the first place, now were they?!
• Pulling weeds can leave raw land - that's just ripe for green grass!
• The longer you stay out, the more bare ground you expose; but the exposure is worth it to have a healthy yard.
• You also expose yourself to the elements (think birds flying overhead).  But even that's not a deterrent!

We have a wedding to attend out of town this weekend. I'm feeling very overwhelmed with what we need to accomplish in the next week.  It seems like everything is happening at once.  I have to guard against worry.  That's the demon I'm fighting right now.  It's in His hands.  When I give up the worry, it's amazing how He works : ).  I just need to get out of the way.

Kindergarten registration is Thursday.  My younger son is going to kindergarten!  I'm excited and a little anxious.  I hope he's ready.  He's an August baby and was a little behind on speech development.  Worst case, he's not ready and we move to a different plan.  I think it will be good for him, though.

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Check out this video...it will bless your heart.