The Master Gardener

"How soon 'not now' becomes never." - Martin Luther

Indeed.

Well, here I am.
A full week behind in my blog.
Yes, a break was upon we Southern students, and I actually did not intend to take a break from my blog, but you all know how breaks are for getting things done.

Therefore, I am left to beg your pardon once again for my lack of resolve.

I had quite a break.
The weekend of February 26 was spent mostly at the Madison Campus Church.
A faith summit was held by the Amazing Facts ministry, with Pastor Doug Batchelor presenting.
I got to meet him, and shake his hand.
He is indeed shorter than he appears on tv.
However, he is a wonderful speaker - and said a great deal of things we need to hear.
One thing he said that particularly struck me was that we "sin by proxy".
2 Corinthians 5:10 tells us to tear down the structures of sin we erect in our lives - that includes, I believe, perhaps not participating in acts that are sin, but watching or listening to people who do them, and being entertained by it.

On Sunday, my family and I went to St. Louis!
We ate at Sweet Tomatoe's twice, and went up the arch.
It was wonderful.

And then we returned home to laze around and do nothing.

And now I am back here in my cell...er...dorm room.

We had an interesting discussion in Life and Teachings today.
I am sure you are acquainted with the likening of sin to a weed.
And anyone who has gardened knows that some weeds are easy to root out.
But others...others linger.
Other weeds' roots snap off in the soil, and germinate therein again.
You need a special tool to get that sort of weed completely out (and the easy weeds, I might add).
And that, I believe to be God's forgiveness.
We are incapable of pulling out the objectionable creeper on our own.
We try and try and try, and still that despicable seedling rises again.
We need God's strength and know-how to get rid of it entirely.

He is the Master Gardener.
Let us learn from His "green thumb".

"I always think about sins when I weed. They grow apace in the same way and are harder still to get rid of." - Helena Rutherford