Jesus Wept.

Jesus wept.
-John 11:35

We've all seen the shortest verse in the bible.  Weeping.  If Jesus did it, we should do it.

"We live in a tearless society. Compassion runs low. We rarely weep.  We are desensitized to reality, partly because we have been conditioned by TV not to believe it, or to see evil as ordinary. We watch murder and violence every night on little boxes in our living rooms, and we are used to it. We sit with TV dinners, watching the new news reports of worldwide hunger, followed by commercials for gourmet cat food, and we don't take anything seriously."
-Lester Sumrall

Lord, teach me to have compassion. Teach me to weep like you wept.

My Garden

Sometimes we make the wrong choices.  Mistakes.  Some are little.  Some are huge.  And it seems like, the bigger the mistake, the bigger the consequence.  We reap what we sow.

I shared my testimony the other day.  The response was interesting.  "I thought your life was perfect" one person said.  If you only knew.

This week, the enemy tried to put me back into my old way of thinking.  "You haven't changed" were the thoughts running through my head.  "You are not worthy to talk to God" echo'd in my mind.

Lies.

That's what satan does.

The best part is, we reap what we sow.  I began the journey of sowing good seed 19 years ago.  Today, I see beautiful growth.  I see sturdy trees, beautiful shrubs, and new flowers blooming in my life.  I do sometimes see weeds trying to creep back in.  But the good has taken over the garden!

So, when satan lies to me, I plant more good seed.  And I'm so thankful for my friends that take time to water and shine light on my garden!