Fields of Weeds

As i was sipping my tea one hot desert morning, i saw a vision: I saw a vast expanse of land all tilled and sowed and tended, but not of crops... weeds!!!! Weeds of Resentment! These were some of the fields i had planted over the years and have been maintaining with diligence and care. My subconscious always nurturing and cultivating these fields of hurt and anger and bitterness. Some are not even my fields! Others have planted here and i have dutifully nurtured their weeds!!! I have fertilized and watered these thoughts and stories of the past, weeds... nothing but weeds as far as my eye could see!!! (Now not all my fields are weeds mind you, i have beautiful, bountiful fields as well, full of wonderful fruit, but today i saw these fields, the weed fields) I sat on the mesa of my soul and looked out over the expanse of weeds! No wonder my soul and body are so tired! I have all these stories of hurt and woundedness draining my valuable resources! Wow. I sure have wasted a ton of time and energy upon these fields! I was blessed to be given this land, fertile and precious. Why have i chosen again and again to plant so much of it in weeds?

But there was some new action in these old fields, new tools, new machinery... and a new plan! Some of those fields had recently been weeded, and roto-tilled! They are turned over and waiting for new crop! There is massive reconstruction of the field rotations! Some of the old weed fields are being transferred over to make room for crops!!!! Thank You God!!!!! With all my heart and soul, i encourage and magnify this work! Willing and determining that more and more fields be torn up and replanted with Love, Joy, Peace, Understanding, and Courage! I chose to rewrite my life stories as they arise, and ask the Holy Spirit to rewrite those long forgotten. I ask for guidance as i chose the new plants to fill this valuable space. Plants that bring hope and joy and peace to me, my family and my world. Fields filled with Love and Beauty! Fields full of bounty and grace. Fields overflowing with God’s goodness!