Wesley United Methodist Church, Orange TX

In our lectionary reading from last week in Matthew we hear Jesus tell us that there will be useless people in our congregations. You know the weeds that grow among the wheat. Jesus is warning His disciples that the evil one would be planting useless people in amongst us. The trick is to keep out the evil one, not letting him plant those seeds. It is our thoughts and spiritual growth that keeps us all healthy and growing weed free.

We first need to look at ourselves and see if we are growing strong and producing good fruit. We then must look at others in our congregations and discern what we may do to turn them from being useless weeds and help them be the vibrant fruit bearing Christians God calls us all to be.

The picture below is of a sunset that we were blessed with on our vacation to Canyon Lake. Just like the scriptures that Jesus blesses us with, this sunset gives us pause to take a few moments to ponder this wonderful world we live in. Ponder the beauty in the world and ponder the beauty in the scriptures. They both can take our breath away with their beauty.

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