Rats!
One of my neighbours is fighting to reclaim her garden from
an invasion of rats. So far they have got rid of about seven of the rodents,
but one very smart, very fat rat is too clever to take the bait, no matter the
type of trap.
My neighbour planted crocus bulbs in a patch, years ago, and
delights every year to see the carpet thicker and more vibrant than the
previous year as the bulbs open in burst of golden and purple colours. It’s
taken years of careful husbandry to achieve this beautiful spread. It took the
rat just one season to decimate it, eating his way through one bulb after the
other.
It isn’t an overnight task to bring the fruits of the Spirit
to maturity. It’s a lifetime’s effort, and it requires us to be alert to the
ways in which little rodents can get in and nibble away at what is growing in
our spirit, our personality. It only takes one rapacious rat, ignored or
unnoticed, to undo the years of careful attention.
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