Good soil does not happen by itself and even without the effort of
cultivation is the result of flood or glacier or volcanic eruption. Something
happens to make good soil. Hard path and rocky ground and thorn infested field
take heart. It’s not your fault. Of course we all hope we are good soil,
hearing and understanding and producing bumper crops. But if you are like me
you have good soil days and bad, times of rejoicing in the word and times of
spiritual drought, times of inner peace and contentment and times when choked
by cares and concerns you’re doing well to get out of bed. The good news is that seed sown is not
conditional on the state of the soil. That’s because the consistent sower sows
seed as if it was grown on trees and doesn’t seem to understand or care about the
economics of agriculture. You don’t waste seed where it doesn’t have a prayer
to produce. Some would rename this parable the parable of the soils but I think
it’s still all about the sower who recklessly scatters the seeds of hope and
peace and love and life everywhere, no matter what, and hopes that on good days
and bad we’ll do the same.
Wonderful insight. The risk of scattering seed is about recklessness and tells us more about the sower than the soil.
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