Collateral damage

Saturday July 26th, Matthew 13: 29 “‘No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' " In our part of the world, chickweed is the bane of gardening. It grows faster than any plant you ever thought of growing, but at least it is easy to pull, as long as you do it twice a week. Growing up in Wisconsin, my dad would send my sister and I out to pull up the mustard from the oats, we were small, but the collateral damage was great nonetheless. When you use mechanical means of harvest, you can afford to have some collateral damage. The kingdom of heaven is not mechanical however, it is very personal and very relational and collateral damage is unacceptable. Thank God, or else both you and I would have been yanked a long time ago.