Mow Lawn

Mowing lawn, God, and my life – how are they related??

As I was mowing the lawn today I started wondering if my lawn is how God looks at my life. The lawn is always my lawn whether it has been mowed or not. When I start to clean up the lawn by mowing, I don’t just snap my finger or twitch my nose (like Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie – ok, this dates my age) to have the whole lawn mowed. NO, I start in one area and continue mowing a section at a time. When I am done the lawn looks pretty good. However, there are still weeds there. I know the grass and weeds will grow back unless I put weed killer on the weeds, but the grass will still grow back. And in another week or so I will be back mowing the lawn again.

Is this how God looks at our lives as believers? As a follower of Jesus Christ, I am still His child even though I’m not perfect, just like the lawn is my lawn even when it hasn’t been mowed. When he is working in my life, he doesn’t just change everything at once. He works on one area at a time – gossiping, pride, disobedience, etc. He knows there are still areas to improve in my life and ‘weeds’ to root out but it is a constant ongoing loving/living relationship of being groomed by God.

So, to answer my question of is this how God looks at my life – probably not but it does make me stop and think about the ongoing process of following God – growing closer to Him, listening to Him and being obedient to Him.

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