Article June 15, 1987 Issue

The tares and the wheat—and my begonias

Things are not always what they appear to be. Spiritual vision helps us distinguish between the real and the counterfeit in life.

Linda B. Gutesha

The lesson is not new; in fact it is very old and one probably most Christians have pondered before in Christ Jesus' parable of the tares and the wheat. But the lesson became crystal clear to me one bright morning in the light of what I have learned in Christian Science.

I had been fooled for weeks into protecting that weed, but the masquerade was over and I pulled it out by the roots.

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