I DISLIKE JUNIPER

This is juniper. It is the plant world equivalent of satan, I'm thoroughly convinced. Let me explain. To make some money this summer my dad so graciously decided to give me a job. My understanding was that I would be answering phones and doing busy work entering bills, etc.-your typical secretary. Little did I know that I would soon become the go-fer, the landscaper, the cleaning lady, AND the secretary. Who knew I could be so versatile?
Today was landscaping day. So, I've been outside all morning cleaning out the flower bed beside their 18-wheeler dock-aka weed city. Upon removing all of the weeds I realized that the flower bed had been overtaken by the juniper and it's running roots. Thus, I began to attempt to pull it up. Impossible. Next I took the shovel and jammed it underneath attempting to pull it up by that method-no good either. Lastly, I took the shears and cut the problem off at the root. During all this I began to think about how life is a lot like that flower bed. When left alone without the touch of a gardener, things get out of hand and overrun by weeds and roots. When our life isn't touched my the One who tends our garden, we get overrun by sin and everything that has the potential to be beautiful becomes an ugly mess. Thank God for shears! And thank God for lunch...I'm out like the weeds I got rid of this morning!