Weeds

Sunday I preached a sermon in which I likened covetousness to a horrible weed growing in our lawn. You cannot pluck the weed out of the ground, you have to dig beneath it - where you find things like idolatry and dissatisfaction with God. (See here, here, and here.)

So imagine my surprise when, that very afternoon, I came home to find this bizarre growth in my backyard:


What is that? Let's take a closer look.


I'm going to have to think about that sermon a little bit more.