"'Hear this! A sower went out to sow..."
Mark 4:3
We are all familiar with today's Gospel about the sower and the seed and it falling on various types of ground. And while it seems to represent different people, it also seems to me to represent different stages of our lives, too. There are times in our lives when our soil can be rocky and unwelcoming to God's word. We may hear it at mass but it doesn't linger in our minds much longer than the church steps we bound down to get to the parking lot! Other times, the word may linger a bit longer in us...perhaps until Monday, when we give it a glance and then carry on with our busy lives. Other times, we may give honest effort to living the word of God but worldliness and demands of our culture choke it right out of us. Finally, we reach a stage of life where we hear or read the word of God and it sticks. We can take the message of love, peace, forgiveness and compassion out into the world and live them, just as Jesus taught us to do. I may be partial to the time of life I find myself in right now, but it seems like now is the time when following Jesus and living God's word is more fruitful for me. The career is in perspective, kids are living their own interesting lives, and I can spend more time studying and applying God's word to daily life. What about you? Love, heidi
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