Hanging out in PA this weekend with my family has been great! When I'm here lots of memories come flooding back. Being the fact that we cleaned out some of my parent's house and having a 2 day yard sale seems to bring on even more memories. We came across so many things: 45 records that we listened to as kids, pans that my Grandma used to can with, and my first baseball mitt that all of my sisters and I used (we all signed it too!) As we sold, friends stopped by too! Some I hadn't seen in quite some time.
While sitting in church last evening waiting for mass to start my day reminded me that my friendships and The paths my life has taken reminded me of roots. Each path we take leads us to new experiences and new friends in our lives that ground us and and make us who we are. It all made me smile and realize that I was about to sprout a new root and branch out.
As I sat, I read the gospel reading of the day and I got chills. It was all about seeds growing roots! The gospel reading was the parable of the farmer who dropped seeds on the path. A bird picked up the seeds up and dropped them on rocky ground, within thorns and on fertile soil. On the rocky ground the seeds flourished and then quickly died when the sun became hot. The seeds in the thorns tried and tried to grow, but were constantly choked out by the invasive thorns. And the seeds on the fertile soil? Of course they grew and prospered. The seeds bore much fruit and established itself. Life is just like growing seeds!
It is so important for us to create fertile soil. With fertile soil as the foundation of our lives we have the best opportunities to grow, learn and branch out to places we never thought we would grow. Personally, having God in my life is my fertilizer. He feeds me and provides me with the things I need to make me grow strong, so that I can handle whatever life throws my way!
So, is your soil on rocky ground, within the thorns or where the seed can grow and prosper?
Matthew 13:1-23
"The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field." (Matthew 13:24 CPDV)
4 comments:
Hey Karen! We read the same gospel reading on Sunday too! It's so interesting what each person can take away from this lesson. I immediately thought the same thing as you, and I thought about the importance of maintaining fertile soil in my life. Then our pastor talked about the importance of casting seeds far and wide. You never know when a single seed that you cast may take root, in spite of where it may have landed.
As always, the gospel gives plenty to think about and learn from!
Vera, you are so right! Thanks for reading and following!
Karen, you know the parable of the sower is what Elliot & Sarah studied in VBS all week. What a coincidence. Funny how God drops these little things in your lap sometimes and just smiles....
Janice
Janice, thanks for that!
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