Weeding out the Stickers

Lately, I've been obsessed with pulling sticker weeds out of my yard. I've been picking them up by the roots and we even treated for them. As you may now, they are native to Texas so these evil dudes come up despite our best efforts. :( Well, I thought I had been staying on top of them and pulling as I see them, but yesterday afternoon I saw a huge section of them that seemed to come out of nowhere. I was devastated. Micah asked me why I was so upset and all of my efforts were useless. I was about to give up when I realized the deeper meaning behind it. The stickers represent the bad things in our life that we must continually get rid of in order to make room for the good and beautiful things that spring up. And it's hard to keep going when we the easiest thing would be to give up and let the stickers keep growing. You let it slide and pretty soon your whole lawn is covered with them. But if we continue to work hard and rid our lives of all the weeds and crap that gets in it, how much more beautiful is the flower? So all of the hard work will be worth it in the end.

On a lighter note, I captured this photo of my daughter Cambelle this weekend in Marble Falls. It perfectly shows her personality. I'm amazed at how perfect and wonderful she is and that she is mine. God is so good.