Take a Walk

October 11, 2023October 10, 2023 / The WheatandTares

Weight of the world resting on your shoulders?

Take a walk in nature and look around.

Clouded viewpoints and shadowed vision?

Step out to the oceanside and take a seat for a while.

Muddled hearing and crooked pathway?

Hike up to the summit and breathe deep.

White noise consuming and anxiety rising?

Find the waterfall and sit and soak till the sun sets.

Don’t stop until the spinning stops and the fog clears.

The heavier the load and the wider the time will determine the stretch you need.

But keep seeking. Keep breathing.

Let it all wash over your soul until all is at peace.

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
John 16:33

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Beauty in the Expanse

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 / The WheatandTares / 4 Comments

Sometimes, it’s hard to capture the true beauty in the vast horizon.

Just as it’s hard to look ahead to see charm when life is uncertain.

And when the days seem like eternity, the elegance of what could be is surely a fog.

But somewhere in depth of the night, the light will come.

Somewhere in the darkness, the tiny glow of embers will spark.

That’s where you’ll find you can breathe again.

That’s where you’ll find hope.

Never stop simply because the next step is unstable.

Never falter simply because it’s the unknown.

Keep searching in the vast domain.

The morning will come again.

And it will illuminate the immensity of your gaze.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined.
Isaiah 9:2

The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in theregion and shadow of death Light has dawned.
Matthew 4:16

Beauty in the Hard

October 2, 2023September 30, 2023 / The WheatandTares / 1 Comment

If you’re growing, there’s going to be pressure.

If you’re moving forward, there’s going to be pressing.

If you have no pressure, no pressing points which have become uncomfortable, you’re probably not developing.

Just as a flower has to break through the seed and push up through the ground, when you are going to bring about change, there has to be a breaking, a crushing, and finally, a breakthrough.

So, if life is heating up, and you’re feeling the weight of responsibilities and decision making deepening around you, stand strong and walk proud.

Not in conceit or arrogance. Only in humility and respect can you truly survive.

But if you’ll rise to the occasion, grasp the reigns of opportunity and ride it to probability, you can thrive under the constraints.

You can succeed under the strain.

And when you do, not only will the blooms be beautiful, but the impact on those around will be spectacular, too.

My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26

We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:8-10