Planting Flowers 4-6-14

My dad gave us some daffodils and day lilies to plant at our house. This is how we spent our Sunday morning outside enjoying the nice weather and cleaning up around the yard just a bit. This little garden area up by our driveway is where we put things that will grow no matter how much care they don't receive. We just seem to forget about this spot and also don't have a hose that will reach all the way out there. Several plants seem to manage holding onto life year after year here though. Weeds and grass grow here too in the summer. As I was cleaning out some of the dead grass and well rooted weeds, I shared a thought with Dustin. Most weeds grow a strong root system that goes deep into the soil making it very difficult to remove them from there chosen home. The good plants that we want around are not usually so easy to grow and often have a delicate root system. We can relate this easily to the lives we live. The weeds in our lives, addictions of all kinds and all our bad habits, grow easily in our lives and wrap their strong roots around our hearts and minds. Just like weeds in the garden, the weeds in our lives can grow root systems that are even more destructive underneath than they appear to be on the surface. The good growth in our lives takes nurturing and has a tender root system that can be damaged by all sorts of sources. We must remember to  nurture the good growth and do some weeding every-once in a while.