Today while riding our motorcycles, my wife and I passed by an abandon home on the side of the road. One of many we see as we explore the back roads of North Carolina.
A good thirty percent or more of the home was covered with nature reclaiming the lot. Grass and bushes grew unchecked while vines covered the sides.
I always wonder what happened when I see these places. Someone had to have lived there once. Someone called this home. Then one day the last family or person left and the house fell to neglect.
Or perhaps it fell to neglect long before it was abandoned? That can happen as well.
The same can be said for our spiritual lives. What we focus our minds and attention on can have a lot to do with the state of our "house" over the years.
Our spiritual life must be fed and nurtured with spiritual things, it can survive on nothing else. And the harmful weeds need to be kept in check...
"Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good." 1 Peter 2:2-3(NIV)
