One day this month, we were asked to help garden. Well once we got to the site, “gardening” was actually farming. We were asked to plant rows and rows of vegetable seeds in a huge field. I actually really enjoyed being outside and planting. On the race, one thing I have experienced is getting to plant spiritual seeds, but not always getting to see the fruits of the harvest. In some ways that can be frustrating because we do not get to see the results of our efforts. Still, we have to trust in the Lord and pray that the seeds will fall on good soil and will produce fruit.
“Then he told them many things in parables, saying, ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop-a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear.” -Matthew 13:3-9
