Thursday, May 3, 2018

HIDDEN RIPPING THORNS - by DianaDee Osborne

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DATE of posting:       3 May 201morning  

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PARABLE:  
There's DANGER in annoying weeds even if they're easy to pull up, like chickweed: "Innocent" weeds that we ignore can hide PAINFUL ones... like this Bull (aka Scottish) Thistle: It's leaves glisten prettily in the sun like soft Lamb's Ear, but its burning thorns put many a cactus to shame. 

 Leave it alone & it grows 3-4 feet tall topped with a lovely magenta flower... to  RIP  your  skin. 

I found this SINGLE PLANT in my yard as I FINALLY  pulled up the low weeds that had covered this...



God is NOT KIDDING when He warns us to 
RIP OUT even "Little" sins (gossip, bitty lies,...) in our lives... 
LORD HELP US FIND them & obey You: For our Life. James 3:16, "For where envy & self-seeking exist, confusion & every evil thing are there."

What does LORD God say ?? 
James 4:7-8a, RUN to God! 
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."
First Corinthians 15: 32b - 34
[Some people SAY there'   is NO resurrection [and then say],
            “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for 
“bad company corrupts good character.”
Think carefully about what is right, & stop sinning
For to your shame I say that some of you don't know God at all!  (NLT)


Prayer: 
LORD it is SO easy to get a little careless.... well, even a LOT careless...
to think that little sins like weeds won't really hurt....
to think that sure, I will pull them up out of my life before they're "a problem".
HELP ME, to see sins-- even "little" ones-- as You do:
as DANGEROUS, HIDDEN RIPPING-SKIN THORNS that will destroy me
if I do not CHOOSE to let You help me pull them up... LORD: I choose that. Please help!

Photo Credit: 
djkwbgardening;blogspot.com/2015/06/identifying-weeds

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