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I can totally relate to that. I was doing some weeding last week and the hardest part was trying to get all of the root. When you snap it off you know you probably left enough in the ground that it will regrow. And, trying to control roots is like trying to control negative emotions. If you leave some of it intact, it may come back. Ah, lessons from gardening, there's a lot of wisdom down in that dirt.
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Oh, so true! All I could think about while pulling up all those little tiny roots was how much I despised the attitudes and behaviors of certain people. The sad thing is that they probably don't even care that they hurt people.
I have had similar thoughts as I weed flower beds, yard, graveled areas, etc, and I often compare it to sin in my life: when I leave it unattended, don’t take the time to work on things each day, then sin takes root into spaces in my life.
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True! My anger and bitterness toward people is in my garden. They may have thrown the seed in my area, but I can't let it grow
Thank you for saying that. I needed these encouraging words, and the visual is helpful too. I've already been dreading returning to school with some of my coworkers who have hurt my feelings over the past few years. It feels so silly to still be hurt and upset by things in the past, but it can be so hard to let those things go. I need to tend to my heart, too. 🙏
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I wish you the best this year and pray a covering of peace and protection over our hearts and minds
True that! Very sound and wholesome word Teachers! Thank you for sharing! I have work to be done and no one can do it , but me! I am so grateful to not be able to Hold bitter or anger because I don’t have room for it and I am too cheap, I can’t afford it. Yes, it will steal space if I am not watchful, or if I am too relaxed and go on vacation. 🫨 Can you imagine what the storage fee is to store all that stuff? No, I am no ways perfect by any means, however, I am blessed to ‘shake it off’, catching it while it’s on top of the soil before it takes root. I have done this since I was a child. Children and adults would say or do hurtful things, I recognized it, but then I would move on and wouldn’t hold it against them and the next thing I knew, it was as if the anger left and we were at peace again. Now the others were the opposite and expected me to be angry with them still, and to not speak to them, like they were treating me, but I never was like that. At times, I would find myself trying to figure out and remember why they were angry or mad in the first place. After that is when I would realize that it was anger or negative emotions that were planted by them. Let’s resolve to NOT pay storage for any negative emotions, bitter, anger or anything else that falls in that category, that comes to take root in our JOY garden and affect its beauty! I will not pay for storage for it anywhere. So I keep spending time in the word to feed positivity and Life into every cell of my being, my garden, my soil, my soul. So I will walk in the light and not in darkness, I will walk in Wisdom that conquers and removes all the weeds of anger, bitterness, and negative emotions that attempts to take root in me. This is the sure way that it cannot and will not ever take root.,It requires work everyday though, so I must keep attending to the soil to sow good seeds only and reap the harvest of a beautiful and healthy JOY garden!
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Okay, you have me in tears. This was beautiful and so profound to my life and heart. I have been dreading going back to school because of people. Thank you so much for your words and perspective. Real estate is kinda high right now, and I'm hoping that my heart, soul, mind, and spirit real-estate just soared out of sight. You blessed me with your words.
Last Summer hubby and I listened to John Bevere’s book “Bait of Satan” on a trip. I realized pretty quickly how important it is to not “take the bait.” Still a work in progress, but I certainly do not want to pay ANY storage fees! 🫣😃
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I'll have to look up this book. I can hardly get my husband to listen to an audio book. He barely tolerates me listening to them as I do stuff around the house.
Wow OP what a great comparison because boy are you right. So many times we think we have pulled the roots and the weeds but they are still so deeply rooted within us. You really have to spend time working on yourself to get rid of those roots.
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Oh my goodness, I have spent hours pulling up roots of morning glories, and crabgrass. I sure enjoyed the morning glories last year and thought they were so pretty. Little did I know that those beautiful little blue flowers were spewing their seeds everywhere. Hmmmm, just like us though. I have to admit there are times I enjoyed the "beauty" of my anger and distaste of certain people and the things they did. I kinda just allowed in my feelings, only to later have those feelings of bitterness and anger come back to flower all over my heart and mind garden.