test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See
if there is any offensive way in me
and
lead me in the way everlasting.
(Psalm
139:23-24 NIV)
My
friend kindly brought his rototiller over and did all of this hard work. Yesterday I spent a long time bent over,
sifting my hands through that freshly dug dirt and pulling out all the grass
and weeds. One handful at a time. Moving slowly, because whatever I don’t see and
remove now will grow up in my onions and cucumbers and carrots and tomatoes in
a few weeks.
Surely
one of the most painful activities of following Christ has been this constant wanting
to see my sin. Asking God to dig deep
and root out all those little thoughts and habits that don’t please him. Sifting through my soul every day to pull out
anything that will keep me from having a fruitful life.
Is
there any offensive way in me?
God
is no slouch. He intends for your soul
to be his pristine garden. Will you
invite him to do the tilling?
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