OUR DAILY BREAD : SCATTERING SEEDS

[cimi]

SUNDAY MAY 14


scattering seeds

TODAY’S READING
Matthew 13:1-9
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The seed falling
on good soil...
produces a crop,
yielding a hundred
sixty or thirty
times what was
sown. Matthew 12:23
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I received a wonderful email from a woman who wrote, “Your mom was my first-grade teacher at Putnam City in 1958. She was a great teacher and very kind, but strict! She made us learn the 23rd Psalm and say it in front of the class, and I was horrified. But it was the only contact I had with the Bible until 1997 when I became a Christian. And the memories of Mrs. McCasland came flooding back as I re-read it.”

Jesus told a large crowd a parable about the farmer who sowed his seed that fell on different types of ground__a hard path, rocky ground clumps of thorns, and good soil (MATT. 13:1-9). While some seeds never grew, “the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it” and “produces a crop yelding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown” (v.23).

During the twenty years my mother taught first grade in public schools, along with reading, writing, and arithmetic she scattered seeds of kindness and the message of God’s love.

Her former student’s email concluded, “I have had other influences in my Christian walk later in life, of course. But my influences in my Christian walk later in life, of course. But my heart always returns to (Psalm 23) and [your mom’s] gentle nature.”

A seed of God’s love sown today may produce a remarkable harvest. __David McCasland

** Lord, today I want my life to sow good seeds in those around me.
Help me to give out what You have put into me.
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We sow the seed__God produces the harvest.