A Matter of Perspective

So I was chatting with a friend of mine at work the other day. I shared how I had spent hours pulling weeds at the cabin where we live. I wouldn't quite call it complaining, but just expressing my dislike for weeding. :) On the contrary, she said that she actually liked to do landscaping and weeding. After I plainly told her she was crazy, she proceeded to tell me why. She said in everything she does, she tries to see what God might be teaching her. Not a bad idea. So, here's her take on pulling weeds. If we just break the tops off, the weed still comes back, right? Those are kind of like problems; if we just "break the top off" and don't really get to the heart of the issue, then the problems keep coming back. You can also think of the root analogy. The deeper the roots, the stronger the plant. It got me thinking about my roots being in God, and how deep my roots are. Am I strong and healthy with a deep root base? It's all just a matter of perspective...