Pulling Weeds...

Last week, I spent a good part of two days pulling weeds in my backyard (which is really just a patio area, but doesn't it sound much more fun to say backyard?) Anyway...so, I realized that pulling weeds requires more than just pulling them up. It requires digging in the dirt and pulling out not only the weeds but also the root that it comes from!!! And so, I did this for quite a while. It is quite tedious work because there are quite a few weeds in my backyard/patio area. As I was doing this, I started to think of all the spiritual context that this had. Looking at my whole patio area and wondering, is this how God sees my heart? Are there just as many weeds in it? And do I allow him to pull the roots and all out or do I listen long enough for Him to just grab the weeds and then I move on, not working with God long enough to get it all out....does that make sense? It does in my little brain, but not sure if I worded it right.....it was a good thought on that day at least....because wouldn't you know just 2 days later, I came down with a bad sinus infection!! It was horrible, and Clark thinks it was because I pulled weeds!! So...another lesson, sometimes pulling the weeds isn't fun, it can even cause sickness, but oh in the end it is so worth it to see a beatiful flower bed (or in our case a beautiful heart!)
Oh Father, please let me stop long enough for you to pull the weeds out of my heart, roots and all! May you have your way in my heart so that I might be more like you. Father, continue to show me when I am in sin, so that I will turn away from it and turn to you! Thank you for practical applications to life through pulling weeds! I love you!!!