A few years ago, marriage and family expert Greg Smalley noticed weeds sprouting up amongst the healthy grass in his yard. Smalley went to a hardware store, picked up a bottle of weed killer, and drenched the eyesores. A day later the weeds remained-along with the brown grass Smalley had inadvertently killed. He tried again, and again killed more healthy grass. His wife finally told him to speak with a professional before he killed their whole yard and left nothing but the weeds. So, off he went for professional help.

Smalley recalls, "What he said I'll never forget because it applies to marriage [or dealing with sin in our lives in general]. You don't go after the weeds. You want to grow the healthy grass around them. That healthy grass will kill the weeds. It will choke out the weeds."

Is it possible that this problem that we have with sin could be dealt with in a much more effective way by simply becoming more spiritually healthy in our relationship with Jesus Christ?  I'm not sure exactly how it happens, but I do know this; when Jesus comes in, sin goes out!  

"Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth.  For I am God, and there is no other."  Isaiah 45:22