The Plumbline

Okay, you have probably heard this parable once or twice.  If not, this may not do it justice, but it may give us some "seed thoughts" upon which we can allow God's Spirit to develop over time.  A farmer planted.  One thing is for sure - seed purposefully planted is a wondrous thing.  Your gardens and fields can be filled with all kinds of manner of growing things - because of purposeful planting.  Just as amazing to me is the seeming strength of the stuff which is NOT purposefully planted in our gardens or fields!  How is it they manage to get there in the first place, or find root? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.  (Matth...