weedeater
“When the crop began to mature and yield grain, the weeds made their appearance as well.” —Matthew 13:26
North of the equator, it’s summertime, and you still may be doing some weeding in your garden. If you ask Jesus to help, you may be surprised when He says He doesn’t do weeding until harvest time (Mt 13:29-30). However, Jesus would be willing to change your weeds into wheat. This would both double your crop and get rid of your weeds, not by pulling but by changing them.
It’s very easy to notice the many weeds that surround us. The doubt, hypocrisy, confusion, and gossip of the weeds make life miserable. It seems best for everybody to pull the weeds. But the Lord knows that once they’re pulled, they’re dead. So He lets the weeds live and the wheat suffer for a while so that the weeds will have the maximum opportunity to repent and become wheat (see 2 Pt 3:9).
Rejoice when you suffer redemptively (see Col 1:24), for this means that there's time for the weeds to change and for the harvest to double.
Prayer: Father, may I repent, evangelize, pray, and suffer for the maximum harvest.
Promise: “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words of His.” —Ex 24:8
Praise: Sts. Joachim and Anne accepted God’s call to marry and raise a child. They dedicated their daughter to God, and God blessed her among all women.
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