"It's harvest time!"
Last night we were at a family event and my mother-in-law was commenting on her poison ivy rash she got from picking weeds. My brother-in-law, Joe commented, "Why are you always picking weeds? Stop picking weeds!" She then said,
"I can't, because I hate them!"
Then Joe went on to tell about someone he knew that had a garden and he never picked the weeds. He always would let the weeds grow right along with the crop. The man claimed the weeds helped shade the crop and keep the ground loose, and picking time he just picked his crop right out of the weeds.
Wow, I thought in our garden dad would never allow that. He's right on top of those weeds! (smile)
While at church this morning I was pleasingly surprised that the Gospel reading was the Parable of the Weeds...
Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?
"An enemy did this", he replied.
"The servants asked him, "Do you want us to go and pull them up?"
"No.' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time, I will tell the harvesters : First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring them into my barn."
Matthew 13:24-30
Here is a quote today written in our church bulletin, by our Pastor...
"Today, as we pray that we might withstand the onslaught of evil against us, we also pray that we might fight to eliminate evil in our lives. With confidence, with hope, we realize the Lord who sees all will in the wisdom of His time remove the weeds from the wheat."
Praise God!
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