Where weeds grow

We have enjoyed the new home we moved into about two years ago.  One of the enjoyable features was the sodded yard and irrigation system that came with it.  I felt like we'd finally have a consistently attractive lawn.  However, summers in Virginia can be brutal and challenging for any grass and I found that one area of our yard has suffered.  Unfortunately this area is very visible right in the front part of our front yard and although it has received as much watering as the rest of the lawn, weeds still found a way to rear their ugly heads.  This part of the yard gets the full brunt of the sun.  I have realized that where the grass doesn't flourish, the weeds will do best.  This made me think about the tendency of sin to take root when my heart is not properly nourished in a healthy relationship with the Lord.  Just as a yard will fail without proper watering and nutrients so my life needs tending, or the weeds will surely take over.   Galatians 6: 7-8 Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.   blessings from the garden, Rob Smith