Creeping Charlie,” we call it, a weed that sends out runners, countless runners. Try as we do, we can’t get rid of ol’ “Creeping Charlie.”
Go to a garden store and you might see a little sign for sale. “One is nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.” In some ways that’s true. This year we’ve got more cardinals and finches than usual in our back yard. Momma and Poppa rabbit were busy; more bunnies this year than ever before. The Creator has done so well, and you don’t need church or a Bible to figure that much out.
But there’s ol’ “Creeping Charlie” and you know that something isn’t quite right in God’s garden. “Seek the Lord while He may be found” (Isaiah 55:6). You follow the runners, you struggle with all that is wrong in life, and finally you see the value of a garden guide, not a book from the garden shop but a Bible, which explains the “weeds” and offers the promise of a time and place where evil will be uprooted forever.
“His reign shall know no end, and round His pierced feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.”
Then we will be nearer God’s heart than anywhere on earth.
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