Mark 4:1-20
The parable of the sower

This is a favorite Bible story of mine--one that I've heard over and over again, especially in a Sunday school of Vacation Bible School setting. I think of the song, "The word of God is like a little bitty seed, scattered all around....' And I remember various skits where the performers would dress up as plants that would sprout in the different ways Jesus mentioned--some snatched away because Satan removes it from them, some hearing at first with joy, but then growing up in rocky soil, they do not take root so they die very quickly. Others dressed like plants among thorns, who heard the word, but were choked by the worries of life, including the desire for wealth and things.

The try believers are like the seed sown on good soil, who hear the word, accept it, and produce crop. I'm afraid I am too often like the seeds among thorns, being worried by the distractions of daily life. I want to be the seed whose grows and reproduces other seeds in good soil, who hear, understand, and live out the word of God in their lives.




- posted by Suzi @ 7:51 AM