There is this guy. You may know him, you may not. His name is Squidward Tentacles. Squidward Tentacles is incredibly negative. He is constantly judging, and he is always finding fault in others. He is not a fun person to be around. The thing is, we can do that as well. We are so attracted to negativity. We’re drawn to crazy comments on social media. We are attracted to the drama of friends that isn’t ours. We are attracted to finding faults in other people. And what does that do? That brings us a lack of peace. In the gospel today, Jesus speaks about the separation of the weeds and the wheat, and he talks about people being overly concerned with ripping out the weeds instead of the wheat. And so we can so easily be concentrated on the negativity that we forget about our relationship with the Lord. Keeping our eyes on Jesus will give us peace and will provide us with freedom. Reject Squidward. And embrace discipleship.
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