The Divine Whisper Daily Devotional- 25

Matthew 13:7 | ⁷ Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

As gardeners know, weeds are a problem. They compete with plants or grass for water and they will crowd out their competitors, overgrowing a garden or a lawn.

One of the classic problems every human being faces is the issue of competing interests. I have battled throughout my life with distractibility. Right ordering of time has been a struggle, and lining up goals and effort, a challenge. Too often the secondary has replaced the primary. The cares and anxieties of the world are many and they call out ceaselessly for our attention. Many are not in themselves negative or evil, but they compete with our primary purposes of loving and serving God and others.

Are you distracted by the cares of the world?

What needs plucking from the garden of your soul?

Tags: soul, distracted