I went outside and did some weeding in my yard yesterday. We have two apple trees. They both have a border around them, that theoretically is supposed to provide them a buffer from other plants so they get the water they need. As a practical matter, when you don't put any sort of barrier down, and don't weed very often, they don't get any sort of buffer.
I finally decided to clear out the weeds around the trees and found something very interesting. One tree had weeds of all sorts growing under it, clover, dandelion, tall ones, short ones, basically all the kinds of weeds that grow so prolifically here. The other tree's circle was full of grass with very few weeds present. Why the difference? One tree is in a more shaded area where the grass grows lush and green. The other tree is on the edge of where the sprinkler can water, in a very sunny patch. Because of this, there is very little grass and a lot of weeds. Even though there are those barriers, the areas around the trees were invaded by the plants surrounding them.
I thought that there might be a gospel application in this. The things we surround ourselves with affect us, even if we don't intend for them to do so. If we have friends, hobbies, entertainment, etc. that are not at the standards we want to live at, we are opening ourselves up to have weeds in our lives.
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