greetings...
hope you were able to read -- and reflect on -- the parable of the soil...
remember our guiding question for the next few days: "what does the soil of our heart look like???"
how healthy is our internal being???
what soil type best characterizes our spirit as we begin the advent journey???
"some seed fell on a foodpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it..."
jesus explained: "the seeds that fell on the footpath represent those who hear the message, only to have the evil one come and steal it from their hearts and prevent them from believing and being saved..."
what makes hard soil???
what makes a hard heart???
maybe one reason is that the footpath has so much traffic -- all the activity packs the ground tight...
maybe our heart gets hard because we have "heard it all before" -- we have become so overexposed that the seed seems to have little power -- we are hardened and looking for something new, novel and different...
or, maybe it is just the opposite -- the path is so hard because it is impermeable and we just don't really care about what God says...
there is almost no traffic in the realm of the spirit...
we have so little hunger for the voice of Jesus...
and, the evil one is so committed to stealing the word away...
plus, the seed is vulnerable as it lays undetected, unwanted and unprotected on the hardened ground -- so many things can come along and squash it...
how welcoming is the soil of our heart???
how much do we treasure the voice of Jesus???
how receptive is the soil of our spirit???
final thought...
what can "fix" hard soil...the hard heart???
would love to hear your thoughts...
i will share mine tomorrow on day 5...
blessings!!!
guy
we have a fire tonight -- what a blessing!!!
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