{"id":1859,"date":"2017-04-27T09:36:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T08:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2017-04-27T21:51:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T20:51:15","slug":"rain-and-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2017\/04\/27\/rain-and-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain and Weeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My hibiscus and roses love all the rain we have been getting for the past few weeks. \u00a0It seems like it has rained every night, often with great shows of lightening and thunder. \u00a0The result is beautiful flowers, lush green grass and gigantic displays of WEEDS.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1862\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2017\/04\/27\/rain-and-weeds\/rose-comp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1862\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1862\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1862\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-comp-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-comp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beautiful rose has bloomed as the rains have come.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the hidden benefits of dry season is the lack of weeds and since I don&#8217;t aim to water them when I am trying to keep my roses alive I rarely see too many of them. \u00a0But with the arrival of rains they have exploded into life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1864\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2017\/04\/27\/rain-and-weeds\/weedy-garden-comp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1864\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1864\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/Weedy-garden-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/Weedy-garden-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/Weedy-garden-comp-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/Weedy-garden-comp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scattered throughout the ground-cover, hibiscus, and roses are plenty of weeds. Also emerging are the spiky gladiolus leaves.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I find my life replicates my garden at times. \u00a0There are times when everything is hard and dry. \u00a0If \u00a0I am to continue to grow, I must be intentional about watering my soul. \u00a0I save my energy and time for things that give me life. \u00a0Dry times tend to make me more intentional about living well.<\/p>\n<p>However when my life is &#8220;well watered&#8221; with the constant rain of good fun, free time, and fellowship with friends, it is easy for the weeds to also grow. \u00a0The weeds are things like activities that take up time but accomplish little. \u00a0So in times of plenty, I need to remember to savor the good things that I worked hard to keep alive during the dry times.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1860\" style=\"width: 527px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2017\/04\/27\/rain-and-weeds\/candy-crush\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1860\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\" wp-image-1860\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/candy-crush.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/candy-crush.jpg 1358w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/candy-crush-150x119.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/candy-crush-300x239.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/candy-crush-768x611.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/candy-crush-1024x814.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the &#8220;weeds&#8221; in my life&#8217;s garden.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pulling out the weeds in my garden is work but it is easier to do when the soil is moist and they are not too large. \u00a0If I let them go and they become large with deep roots, \u00a0when the dry season comes around again they become very difficult to pull out as the soil hardens. \u00a0So it is with weedy habits which I allow to grow up in my life, in dry times they are harder to uproot and suck away needed water from the roses I want to grow in my life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1863\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2017\/04\/27\/rain-and-weeds\/rose-with-other-flowers-and-weeds-comp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1863\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1863\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1863\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-with-other-flowers-and-weeds-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-with-other-flowers-and-weeds-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-with-other-flowers-and-weeds-comp-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2017\/04\/rose-with-other-flowers-and-weeds-comp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the time to pull out the weeds, while the soil is still moist from the frequent rain.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1859&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My hibiscus and roses love all the rain we have been getting for the past few weeks. \u00a0It seems like it has rained every night, often with great shows of lightening and thunder. \u00a0The result is beautiful flowers, lush green &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2017\/04\/27\/rain-and-weeds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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