Jesus Christ is the King of all Kings!: August 2010

I looked out over my yard and was discouraged by the site that was before my eyes. My son and I had worked very hard pulling weeds and it seemed we weren't getting very far in our battle against the invasion. It was an overwhelming task. Each day, it seemed there were still more plants to pull. The lawnmower was broken and we had received a letter from the county, "pull those weeds or we'll take care of it for you." We all know what is involved in that process. So as I was pulling weeds, I was complaining. Kind of like the Israelites complaining to the Lord. The Lord told me to put on a different pair of glasses and look at the weeds with a different set of eyes. What??? Yep, put on new glasses and look at the situation with different eyes.

I am such a negative person. My first reaction always seems to be negative. Whatever the situation, my response is usually negative. They say part of dealing with a problem is recognizing it and confessing it. So I am confessing, I am a negative person. I know this about myself and I dislike this trait about myself. I do hope one day it will be gone. That I will have a new trait, a happy, overcoming view of life. But back to my story....

As I went out to weed my garden box to weed, my eyes fell on a beautiful bloom. I had noticed my little flowers blooming, but somehow I had not taken in the joy of them. I was so focused on the weeds that I was not seeing the flowers. The Lord just kind of made the weeds diminish and the blooms seemed to be magnified. The colors were so vibrant. The plants and herbs that I wanted to see growing seemed to be larger than when I was looking at them before. I had a new pair of glasses on and I was no longer seeing the weeds. The Lord just kind of reminded me that I need to look at life the same way. So the first gem is that my garden box was a present from my beloved children. They had made it for me and gave it to me this year, 2010, for Mother's Day. I feel so much love when I look out my window and see my garden box.

Next, I was looking at the flowers and plants that had grown from seeds I planted in and around my garden box. Again, I had to change my glasses. This year everything seems so disorganized. My gardening attempts are dictated by how much my back will tolerate bending over, digging, squatting, etc., etc. All that goes with gardening. Last year was a good year. This year seemed so much more overwhelming and that nothing was like I wanted. The Lord again reminded, "Look for the gems. Quit looking at the problems, the weeds, the things you can't do and start focusing on what you can do. The things I have done for you. All will be all right and it is okay to be disorganized. Enjoy what is here."

I found this comforting as I really was kind of put out at the disorder, but yet I loved getting up each day and seeing what new bloom has come forth. Looking at my garden box, I will be very blessed if I get any thing from it this year, but I enjoy looking at the gift my children gave me. I did manage to weed it and I found I had four tomato plants, some carrots, a bean plant and possibly a corn plant growing in my garden box. Hopefully the cold weather will hold off and they will have a chance to produce, but if not there is next year, Lord Willing!