“The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.” (Galatians 6: 8, the Message)

It’s good to be alert to what we are planting each day. If our motives and resulting actions are selfish, lacking in awareness of others or compassion for them, we are not going to be seeing much beauty and fruition in our lives.

For starting with self, means not starting with God. God’s garden blooms and blossoms, nourishes and beautifies us and others. Focusing on self ignores God’s loving, Life-giving principles, and so we can’t enjoy the natural effects of His law of light and progress.

Instead of following the leadings of our own wits and will, we can listen for God’s direction. This allows Love to govern us, and this Love is not stingy and small. It is vast and full. It reaches others. And utilizing this Love helps us to grow and to flourish. Love for God and for man waters our own life and makes it fertile. As we daily devote ourselves more to God—to good—than to selfish concerns, we are taken care of.

It’s never too late to be aware of the potential for weeds and to treat our thoughts and our hearts with a liberal dose of gratitude and love for God and His ideas. This roots out the bad and allows the good to appear naturally and abundantly!

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