Our lives as disciples mean that we are called to follow Jesus example. He suffered pain on his way to Golgotha and on the cross. For the disciples, life was at its darkest when Jesus was dead before they found out he was resurrected. Sometimes we have to let go of our demands that life turn out the way we want it to be. Sometimes we have to realize that in God s created order, in nature, there is pain and sickness.
Weeds naturally grow up in the grass of our yard.
The weeds are just as plainly in view as the clover. Sometimes we have to choose what we want to see we can look out the window and see the weeds and the dandelions taking over our lawn or we can look out the window and see how many things in our yard are tuning green and growing. It s all a matter of perspective. It s a matter of accepting our place in the created order. It s a matter of knowing that God walks with us even when we feel like the grass that gets choked out by the weeds.