In the field of the Lord there are two types of plants, wheat and weeds.  Our actions determine what type of plant (using this image) we are in the field (the church) of the Lord.  We may all want to be a wheat growing with splendor, but perhaps we are just a sad spiny weed.  I stated before “Not all people come to Church to pray.”  Some come with less than noble intentions, and some with outright hostile intentions.  We have all sorts of people in the life of the church.  We have both wheat and weeds. The church certainly is a large field, with people of different backgrounds and different interests. We know that both weeds and wheat will be together in this field until the Lord separates them.  But we must be careful to not become a weed.  How can we know if we are heading in such direction? Let’s look at the weeds.  When I was in my previous assignment, I did a fair share of pulling weeds around the church grounds. There was big field where many large weeds had  overgrown and there were others all around the grounds.  I would go out to pull them out.  At first with my bare hands, but then I got a little smart and started using gloves. They were hard to pull.  At the first times, the next day my knees would be sore because I had to apply to much pressure to pull the weeds out. Weeds are stubborn, hard to pull and many of them are prickly. These marks of the weeds can be applied to those in the church. Let’s try to avoid being that type of person who is        stubborn and create problems for others with so many complaints.  Let us avoid giving Father a headache by challenging everything, and more so starting to spread bad attitude to others. And let’s not be prickly.  Let’s not make comments that have a double intention and get into verbal spats with others in the church. Hopefully, we don’t end up being a weed and be tossed into the furnace. We will endure the weeds in the field of the church, but the end-result will be different.  Let’s try to be more like the wheat.  We know we will be like this, when two things are happening.  First, be kind to those weeds that are growing alongside.  Second, grow strong with prayer.  We may not know how to pray but the Spirit will intercede. The big difference between a wheat and a weed is the life in prayer.  The enemy is out there trying to kill the wheat, but the wheat must endure in prayer. At first the wheat and weed will begin growing the same, but the difference will soon be apparent. Those who have an authentic, a sincere, and a constant prayer life will continue to grow in their spiritual life even if weeds are around.  As mentioned, our actions will determine what we will be at the end of time, may we be at the right side of history, and be a strong, beautiful, fruitful wheat.