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Roots
Recently, I knelt in my flower garden pulling weeds that had been neglected since spring’s arrival. The tall, unsightly stems were sticking me with their prickly stalks as I tried to work. I’d missed the window of opportunity to remove them easily, before they’d grown more deeply- rooted and harder to manage.
I tried to pull the weeds out of the soil, grasping them close to their base to ensure their root systems joined them as I pulled them up. However, I realized I was outnumbered, and some of the roots remained intact in the ground. I went back with a garden tool to dig up the rest, but I knew I wouldn’t find them all. I also knew, since those roots were literally the foundation upon which they grew, these weeds would resurface and my battle would continue.
Feeling defeated, I sat on one of the stones bordering the garden and began to think of the similarities of the deep-rooted weeds and our own sinful behaviors. We may declare with confidence that we are going to make positive changes from “this point forward.” And we move on trying honestly not to break the promise we made to ourselves...for a while.
But, without faith in His guidance, and unwavering love and support, we have no roadmap to success. Just like the weeds, the roots of our transgressions will remain whole, slowly waiting to reemerge. To
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