SEARCH ME

A short time back I decided to convert a garlic bed to

a kale bed.  I took a tiller and went through the bed

very carefully and took out all the garlic I could find.

I have been delayed a few weeks from planting the

kale, and it also rained.  Guess what.  A few days ago

I noticed garlic sprouting up all over the bed.

The bucket full of small garlic in the above image is

what I had to dig out - AGAIN.

But, while digging the "fresh" batch of garlic a 

Scripture went through my mind.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way."

(Psalms 139:23,24 NASB)  

I could not help but think that if I ask God

to search me the way the Psalmist did, He would

find more stuff in me than I was finding in that

garden bed.

Frankly, I do not have the "guts" to ask God to

search me out.  I am afraid that He would find 

more than I could handle.

But, on the other hand.   The "Psalm" above was

written by King David.  And you remember that 

David was king because "he was a man after God's

own heart".  David was asking God to show him the

stuff that was in him that was displeasing to God.

Perhaps I should ask God to show me what is 

displeasing to Him in me.  It certainly would 

improve my relationship with Him.