We're enjoying our first vegetable garden this year. The kids and I have been spending lots of time checking our growing crops and plucking out the weeds that seek to consume them. We're always amazed by how quickly they pop up and it's provided a great visual illustration for the sin that grows in our hearts: we need to get it by the root or it just grows back heartier and more stubborn!!
Last night at the dinner table, Mighty Man began a conversation that touched my heart. It is so encouraging when God shows Mr. Right and me that they're getting it!!
Mighty Man: "Dad, xxxxx (a young man we know who needs Jesus) has weeds in his heart."
Mighty Man: "Dad, xxxxx (a young man we know who needs Jesus) has weeds in his heart."
Mr. Right: "Yes, he does. Do you know who else has weeds in his heart?"
Mighty Man: "Who?"
Mighty Man: "Who?"
Mr. Right: "I do."
Pause.
Mighty Man: "So do I."
Princess Peacemaker: "Me too."
Another pause.
Mighty Man: "Dad, I pushed Princess Peacemaker in the pool today." Turning to his sister, "Please forgive me."
A few seconds later we heard a long sigh followed by these words: "Boy, it sure feels good to get rid of that weed. It was a big one 'cause I'd been holding onto it for a long time."
