Wheat and Tares

From today's reading: his disciples approached him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field. . . The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers." Matthew 13:36, 41 Each one of us is like that field where the weeds grow among the wheat. We, as human beings, are a collection of both good and bad. I, for one, would hate to think that the sin that crops up from time to time is going to bring me down. But thank goodness, 2 Peter 3:9 tells us that "The Lord. . . is patient with you, not wanting any to perish. . ." So he allows the bad to grow up with the good in each of us so that one day when the harvest comes, the angels will purge that which is not of God (the evil, the sin, the bad decisions) from our lives and we will be made ready to stand before the Most Holy God.