When explaining what life in the kingdom of heaven is like, Jesus Christ tells a parable of a farmer who plants good seed in his field. Later, when the farmer is asleep, an enemy comes by and plants tares in the field, which spring up with the wheat. But alas, he further explains, the good seed represent the children of God who live forever. The tares represent “children of the wicked one” (Matthew 13:24-38), who are destined to be separated from the good seed.
When reading the story recently, I thought, “I am one of the good seeds!”
It can be tempting to think we’re one of the bad seeds at times if feeling down and depressed, hopeless or sick. But this is never true. The bad seeds are mortal beliefs about God’s children. They are false beliefs about spiritual reality that are destined to be exposed and destroyed with the reality that God made only good seeds—good children. God never created a bad seed, a bad child.
Which means, you are one of the good seeds!! The feelings of hopelessness and despair are the bad seeds of false belief to be yanked out of consciousness and burned with spiritual truth.
So, be fair to yourself. Think rightly about who you are. You are one of the good seeds. God thought you up, filled you with heavenly goodness, and gave you a Life of Spirit to live out God’s goodness and prove its reality.
You are pure goodness to the core of your being.
Identify with the good seed. Rejoice in being one of the good seeds. Reap the benefits of the good Life it has to offer.
You are a good seed!
Thank you Evan!! Love your ideas on the tares and wheat parable. So helpful and comforting.
I AM a GOOD SEED and bear much fruit!
Me too ! Refuse to allow those illegitimate takes try and strangle that goose seed . The tares have no root and no place in the Kingdom . Only US – the good , God created ideas of Love , showing forth the abundant harvest of joy , happiness and all the wonder and glory of His Kingdom
That’s wonderful dear Evan; but I always stop and wonder, especially when I read Matthew 13, even though I’m good seed, have I fallen on rocky ground or among thorns?!
“Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom [regarding salvation] and does not understand and grasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. The one on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and at once welcomes it with joy; yet he has no [substantial] root in himself, but is only temporary, and when pressure or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he stumbles and falls away [abandoning the One who is the source of salvation]. And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the worries and distractions of the world and the deceitfulness [the superficial pleasures and delight] of riches choke the word, and it yields no fruit. And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands and grasps it; he indeed bears fruit and yields, some a hundred times [as much as was sown], some sixty [times as much], and some thirty.”( Amplified Bible
I guess I need to affirm more steadfastly and BELIEVE AND KNOW there is and never was any evil to snatch away my understanding of my inseparability from God/Good – I’m “rooted and grounded in Love”! (Ephesians 3:17)
Yes! A…re-wording, to aid my clarification, of the facts of true being, without honoring or believing the distortions and delusions of false belief(s),
is Truth’s means of guiding human thought out of the dream of life-apart-from-Good…God and Her ideas.
Following this guiding light is how thought moved from the dominance of the senses to the realm of infinite Love… Life! Truth! Peace, health, holiness.
Thank You, God!
Thank you so much Evan. This is such a clear reminder of who we are and how to identify our true selfhood!. Love, love, love it! ❤️
“God’s infinite universe of spiritual ideas” By Sylvia Messner. From the March 2012 issue of The Christian Science Journal:
https://journal.christianscience.com/shared/view/axgmyknl9w?s=copylink
Thank you for this article J. It has reference to the Golden Text in this week’s lesson. The theme of the parable of the sower today we studied in the Responsive reading last week. Today’s SV helps me see the continuity of the lessons. Very helpful.
Thank you for this inspiration of who we really are as God’s children. It reminds me
of the story of the water-bearer who had pots for collecting water one on each side of
him. One pot was perfect and the other had a crack that, by the time they reached
home, was only half full. They had stopped to rest and the seeming inefficient pot
was lamenting that it was not as good as the other pot. The water bearer told the
pot that he needn’t be sad and we all have our unique individualities and purpose
and we needn’t try to be like or compare ourselves to others (younger, taller, thinner,
less wrinkles, etc.) but are each lovely in our own unique way. He said that he
realized the Seeming imperfection of the pot which leaked water on the way home
and had planted flower seeds on that side of the pathway. Every day when he went
for the water, the seeds were being watered and became a beautiful garden. The
Seeming imperfection had brought about loveliness. Moral of the story, we are
perfect in God’s eyes and the seeds we sow, when nurtured with Love and caring,
bring forth beauty, regardless what imperfection mortally we may seem to have
and not to compare ourselves with others because we have our own God-given
identities of spiritual Creation.
Angel that is lovely and a very healing Truth. To recognize that God made us all as unique spiritual reflections of Himself and to appreciate our specialness. He loves us so we can love ourselves, and be free of the common practice that society seems to encourage of comparing ourselves to others, it is rank error and causes a lot of pain.
Grateful that we are all good seeds, unique and good.
Angel, perfect analogy..not comparing to others.. as all seeds are being truly strong humble meek ..
by the power of God
are we perfectly sown….
i was trying to imagine God on the cross and couldn’t..
or is there a wayside..a dis connect?
‘not’, a centre of the circumference
All in All,
Love..comes in loud and clear..
Peace on Earth
Thank you Evan!
Thank you!