GOD'S GOOD SEED

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Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:24‭, ‬27‭, ‬30 KJV

The second in three parables about seeds. Right now, when I take a slice of bread from the loaf, I remember the grain at its source. War has prevented the fruitful fields of Ukrainian grain from feeding the world. This enemy has come, not in the sowing, but in the harvesting, and in the distribution of the grain. Planted seed awaits the harvest, the grain to be ground to flour, and baked into bread for the world. Sometimes the seeds from our kitchen end up tossed in our compost pile and forgotten, only bringing to me their remembrance later by starting to sprout and grow. They were there all along. The seed of God's implanted word awaits the harvest. Received with meekness, it's able to save our souls. Jesus offers us bread as His body given in remembrance of Him, and wine representing the blood He poured out for our sins, blood for the remission of our sins, and bread as a remembrance of Him, a message to go along with His action, bread to remember what He said, and wine to remember what He did.

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