Weeds…

 The weeds…

Let those who love the Lord hate evil,for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 

Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous,and praise his holy name.

Ps.97.10-12

I heard of another credit card fraud this week…someone had stolen a friend’s credit card number and was using it the charge for items…unbeknownst to my friend…leaving my friend feeling victimized and upset…

I know this goes on everyday, but we still don’t like it…

My husband started his geology business early on in our marriage, it grew and shrank, grew and shrank according to the economics of the years…there were famine years and fat years and there still are…we used the fat years to plan ahead as best we could the service the lean years… at times we had a multitude of employees and other times we shrank to a minimum…

Over those years we had great, good and not so good workers…

We trusted those whom we worked with to carry out their work faithfully…the majority did…but, there were times of fraud and embezzlement toward us…times we wondered how come, sleepless nights working through problems, praying for wisdom…laying down those hurts and victim feelings only to pick them up again…finally to lay them at the cross…there are bad people among the good…and God will take care of each in His time…

I love the parables that Jesus taught…

The one about the weeds was my today’s reading…reading this brought to mind the times we, as a business and a family, had to let God do his  work, lay aside our questions…and move forward…

Thank YOU…

 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 it into my barn.’” 

Then he left the crowd and went into the house. 

His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” 

He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 

The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. 

The weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. 

The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 

They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. 

Whoever has ears, let them hear.

Matt.13.24-30, 36-43

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2tKVqZZiI4