The Church is Like a Weed in My Lawn?

I have been weeding my lawn for the last few days and have had some very interesting thoughts because of it. Weeds are resilient, replicative, adaptive, and tenacious amongst other things.

This enumerative list sounds a lot like a description of the Church: In Christ we can do all things (resilient), Make disciples of all nations (replicative), Be all things to all mean that we may win some (adaptive), and Not carried about by every wind of doctrine but holding fast (tenacious).

I have also noticed how that this one particular kind of weed takes on many slightly different appearances, depending on the environment and the stage of its growth. In times of excess watering the weed grows abundantly and yet survives the dry times. When it grows large it begins to divide making it very difficult to uproot. Instead of one weed to pull, in a small area there are more like five weeds to pull.

This got thinking about division in the Church. We are called to have unity but there is something to be said for "precision through division." The Christian faith has been able to aptly compromise within any setting and spread its message through the established order. We may say that this contributes to a "watered-down" Gospel, but God in His perfect understanding has allowed division in the Church. Can we not see how God has even used this to His glory?