My Garden Rat | HeartEyes

The rat died! Yep, right there in front of the garden, which seems like vindication happening at that spot. I’ll spare you a picture of him! This picture is where he put his trophy- our prize tomato! It was an in-your-face, see-what-I-can-do placement.

Embarrassing really. But we live in the desert and have fruit trees and tomatoes. This rat was belligerent. He’d gnaw through our netted cage, pick a tomato, take 3 bites and set it outside like his prize. Grr! My General Patton did some prayin’ and set out some ‘special gems’ for him to ingest!

It reminds me of times when ‘rats’ invade our heart. That’s the ‘garden’ – the productive place of God in us. Rats come in various forms-fear of what others think, isolation, hopelessness, holding on to hurts-all seeking to destroy our fruit.

It’s important to find out what the destructive force is and recognize the enemy of God’s truth to us. We can turn our heart toward heaven and find His Word on it. We have power over these enemies when the All-Powerful One lives in us. We can choose to agree with what He says about us and understand the authority we’ve been given.

Here’s what the All Powerful One says, “I AM the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of Life.”

The light of truth exposes the ‘rats’ and gives us the resources from His world to deal with the stuff in ours. To have good fruit, they’ve got to go.

This is the photo of my yummy tomatoes since he’s gone! WooHoo!