S2E2: The Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)

A man goes out to sow. He doesn’t seem like he is very good at his job, just throwing caution and seed to the wind. The seed falls everywhere: on the path to be eaten, on the rocks and amongst thorns to quickly die, and yes, some falls on the good ground, too. You would think that the sower would be more careful with His seed. You would think that He would scatter it where He was sure that it would produce fruit. But this doesn’t seem to be His way and this doesn’t seem to be the way of our Lord. His cross is for everyone. His salvation is for all. The Gospel is to be proclaimed to all the world… We need not worry about the different types of ground. The sower doesn’t seem to give it much thought as he scatters seed around, perhaps neither should we. Maybe it is just better to receive the seed he sows and give thanks that he sows it so indiscriminately.