Weeds

Every so often I get into these introspective moods.  I see things in the world and I see how they relate to life.  I truly believe the verse: "The heavens declare the glory of God,  the skies proclaim the work of his hands. "  I don't take this to mean that they only show the absolute grandeur of God, but even how simple things in our everyday lives reveal truths to us.  And since I can't just keeps these little morsels to myself, I'll share them with you.


I was weeding yesterday.  Weeding is never fun, but weeding a 40 foot by 80 foot garden covered in nutsedge is beyond not fun.  It's torture.  As you may or may not know, Oklahoma was in a severe drought throughout most of the winter and spring.  Even when we had 2-3 feet of snow in February, it was only 1/4" of moisture.  It has been very hard being a farmer this year.  The garden had gotten overrun with weeds.  Why? you may ask.  Well, because I gave up on it.  I had given up on my garden because I planted the entire thing, front to back with everything I wanted.  I had babied seedlings for over 3 months and with love and care set them free outside to really begin their journey.  Lack of moisture killed every.  single.  one of my seedlings.  They all died.  I was devastated.  Hours and hours and hours were spent getting those seedlings growing and 1 single day in the drought-ridden garden killed all of them.  So I gave up.  I walked away and didn't look back, forgetting that seedlings were only half of my garden.  I had planted the rest as seeds directly into the ground.  
Lo, and behold a month later and I look and stuff is growing!  Like, lots of stuff.  I had a whole crop of radishes was ready to be picked, I had okra, melons, potatoes, beans and even a few squash that had survived the drought.  
Why did I walk away?  How could I walk away from one failure and choose to not see God's provision?  If I can ever get all this nutsedge out of the garden, this will be our best year yet! God has richly blessed me with so many things, yet I let my outlook on life and my path be guided by my failures.  


God, help me remember that you provide all things and you bless me more than I'll ever know.  I want to remember you in the harvest, not just cry to you in the drought.