Monday, June 29, 2015

A weed OR a flower???

Usually when you hear the word WEEDS, you think of nasty, ugly looking plants that fill your yard, HOWEVERRRR, I've seen some BEAUTIFUL weeds before!!!I remember growing up that I would see what I considered these beautiful flowers growing in peoples front yards...I always wanted those flowers seeds to blow over into our yard so we could have them as well. However, my mom told me that people were very annoyed by them being in their yard. She said that they didn't plant them there and they didn't want them in their yards.
Perhaps you are wondering...
What's the difference
between a Flower and a Weed?
Flowers are generally those we plant intentionally in our garden.  Weeds, however, are the uninvited plants that steal water, nutrients and sunlight from the flowers. Generally, however, a weed is a plant that grows where it is not wanted.
This got me to thinking about the garden of life. Sometimes there are beautiful weeds that LOOK like flowers. We can easily mistake a weed in our heart for a flower!!! Often times there are things that come into our life that we did not intentionally plant there or that God did not intentionally plant there, buuuuuut it seems sooooo good that you think, THIS MUST BE A FLOWER!!!
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Now i'm NOT a gardner, however I did try my hand at it for a little while... If you've ever planted a seed and waited for it to grow, you KNOW that it takes PATIENCE!!! You can plant a seed and wait and wait and WAIT for it to start to bloom, and then when you FINALLY see something, you want to dance around and shout its HERE, my flower is blossoming buuuuuut then you find out that its JUST A WEED that has sprouted up. What disappointment you feel!!! Then you start to think, buuuuuuuuuuuut it LOOKS like a flower...that MUST be it!!! This must be what I've been waiting for.
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"...And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit." (Mark 4:8)
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Buuuuuuuuuut NO, its JUST A WEED!!! You can't let it stay there in garden of your heart. Don't let that beautiful weed fool you, Its NOT supposed to be there. Its UNINVITED!!! its going to steal from the other flowers in your garden that you've been working so hard and faithfully at cultivating!!! 
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Perhaps your wondering, HOW DO I KNOW, when something in my life is just a WEED and not a flower??? The Bible says, "For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes." (Luke 6:44)
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The Bible says that a plant is KNOWN by its  fruit. The real way to know if something is an intentional flower blossomed in your life, is to look at what it is producing in your life!!! Is it drawing you closer TOO God or is it pulling you FURTHER AWAY from God??? Is it lifting you up or is it dragging you down??? Does it reinforce the things you've been taught or has it caused you to reconsider? Does it strengthen your convictions or does it weaken them?
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If you can stop and look and see what its really doing to you, to your heart, to your soul, that is how you will know if it is a flower or a weed!!! Has it changed you for the good, or is it changing you for the worse? It doesn't matter HOW LONG you have waited, if its a WEED you need to pluck it out of your life COMPLETELY!!!
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"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (Colossans 2:8) Don't let people's wisdom deceive you, you MUST look at what THE WORD OF GOD SAYS!!! It doesn't matter WHO says its good, If the Bible says its a weed, its A WEED!!!
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"I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down..." Perhaps your thinking HOW can I possibly get rid of this weed??? I want to, buuuuuut I don't have the strength! Its grown so much! Its no longer just a little thing that I can even handle on my own. Its gotten out of control as if its overtaking your whole entire life.
 "... Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction." (Proverbs 24:30-34)
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Receive INSTRUCTION!!! Stop trying to do it on your own. The best gardener, for the you garden of your life, is the PASTOR that GOD GAVE TO YOU!!! Listen to what the man of God has to say. Heed his advice. Obey his wisdom. Submit yourself and you'll be protected from the weeds.
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 Don't let the weed substitute for the flower that's still waiting to blossom. IF you except the weed it will steal from the seed you planted and you'll never get to know the true beauty of the flower you cultivated in your heart..  Don't be deceived by a weed, its only there to steal from and DESTROY the other flowers growing in your life!
BEWARE OF THE WEEDS THAT LOOK LIKE FLOWERS!!!
Where are my flowers? Does it seem like every time something big you've been waiting for is about to take place it turns out to just be another disappointment? You thought it was your flower, buuuuut its just ANOTHER WEED!!! Don't give up and just except the weed!!! WAIT FOR YOUR FLOWER!!! Its still growing, its still waiting to blossom. It may seem like there is NOTHING going on in your garden, but you have NO IDEA what is going on below the surface. You can't see what all God IS doing, you have NO CLUE what is going on below.
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 Underground its growing, you cant see the roots, the longer you wait, the deeper the roots and the STRONGER your flower will be when it FINALLY breaks the surface and blossoms. God IS doing a work! Its ok to hurt, to cry, if you'll just keep onto what is RIGHT and God will take your tears and use them to water your seed. HOLD ON TIGHT and TRUST IN GOD!!!
"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way..."
 (Psalm 37:7)
♥Mary Frances :)