Do I Have To Mow The Yard?

Sooo… I am the only one on my block who hasn’t mowed their yard for the first time this year!  My neighbor offered to mow it for me but I declined.  I am still enjoying the little white, pink, and purple flowers.  I know it will only be a few more days before I have to bring them to their demise, but I will enjoy them as long as I can.  It’s going to be a real job for someone because I didn’t rake up all the leaves last fall.  On top of that the big trees in my yard have shed several limbs.  In other words, there’s a lot of “stuff” buried under the pretty little flowers.  Stuff you can’t see that would tear up a lawn mower.  The Lord showed me our lives are kind of like this sometime.  We look at people and all we see are the pretty things.  And then we look at ourselves and we don’t’ see that same kind of picture.  Well, in the first place, we’re not supposed to be comparing ourselves to anyone else!  So, if you’re doing that just stop it.   Secondly, the Lord showed me when we look at others, we don’t see their “hidden stuff” but when we look at ourselves we get the whole package; the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Sometimes, if we let too much stuff get buried and hidden, it can harm us.  It shows up in lots of different packages; rejection, depression, anger, bitterness, or un-forgiveness to name a few.  None of these things do us any good at all!  You know, it would have been a lot less trouble to have swept up the leaves last fall and picked up the limbs as they fell.  Same way with our hearts.  If we clean-up as we go it’s a lot easier to keep it filled with the right kind of things like peace and joy and love.  Yes, I’m going to have quite a job on my hands with the yard, but not so much with my heart.  I tend to it every day.  Have you checked yours lately?  Jesus wants you safe and happy!  So get rid of that “hidden stuff” that doesn’t need to be there.  Just as the Lord to help you clean out your heart.  He will be glad to help because remember “Jesus Loves You!”