Allow me to point out what every gardener knows: if there are too many weeds, the plants die.
A sickly plant will die easily, the weed next to it will take over- but a healthy plant can withstand the onslaught of a certain amount of weeds around it.
Some can actually use the weeds for its own health (i.e., a spreading weed can shade the plant's roots, sometimes a cluster of weeds can shelter a plant from the wind and cold as it grows, and in the case of a lawn, a little clover is necessary to produce nitrogen). I think there are lessons to be learned in these facts of life. What do you think?
I have a neighbor who in some ways is a stereotype of a "sinner". There is a definite party-hardy atmosphere over there, and I've been having trouble with them complaining about things to the authorities that turn out to be bogus charges against me. I don't know if this persecution is because I'm a "God Chick", or if they just like to complain. I do see that the lady is lonely and bored staying home all day, and unhappy many times because of it.
It's my job to try to ease her pain and look the other way about the trouble they've tried to give me. It isn't my job to judge them and condemn them, and I wouldn't do a fair job at it, anyway. God will do that, in His own good time.
Until then, I could use some prayers, as I'm not feeling particularly sociable when I get home from work, I have much to do, and delve into the work I have to do at home right away. I can be too busy doing what HAS to be done to realize I need to stop and chat a bit with my neighbor. Also, I wasn't raised in a house that was hospitable and sociable (hermit blood on my mom's side of the family!), so I'm not quite sure how to go about it sometimes, and it's an unnatural thing for me still. I could use some heavenly reinforcement!
-cel