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I have a friend that lives about a half hour's drive outside of the city in which I live. One thing that I love about visiting this guy is his garden. He's got at least a quarter-acre garden and is working on expanding it. His farm is situated on what was once swampland, and consequently his soil is rich, dark, peaty earth, ideal for growing all kinds of vegetables. He has seen strawberries the size of peaches grow in that soil and stay just as sweet. Contrast that with my attempts to grow a potted tomato plant on my back porch, and you could say the difference is night and day. I have soil, I have water, I have the plant, but I just can't seem to get more than a few small tomatoes off the vine.
Jesus uses that image of the soil and growth in describing how the gospel is received. My prayer is that I can be like that rich, dark earth that produces so much good fruit, but there are days I can look a lot like that measly potted tomato. Which one are you?
Jesus uses that image of the soil and growth in describing how the gospel is received. My prayer is that I can be like that rich, dark earth that produces so much good fruit, but there are days I can look a lot like that measly potted tomato. Which one are you?
