Posts with the category “mark-my-words”

Everyone builds their life around whatever they believe is most valuable. Jesus said it plainly: where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. So, the question is never whether you will give everything for something. You already do. The question is what you have decided is worth everything. In Matthew 13, Jesus tells five small stories about a kingdom that starts quiet, grows unseen, and turns out to be worth more than everything we own. This week on the blog, we look at what it means to sell the field, buy the pearl, and let the yeast keep working.  Read More

This Sunday, we turn to one of Jesus' most striking parables, the Wheat and theWeeds (Matthew 13:24 30, 36 43). A farmer plants good seeds, but in the night anenemy scatters weeds into the same field. When the workers want to rip the weeds outimmediately, the farmer stops them: wait for the harvest, or you'll destroy the wheatalong with it.One of the things I find most helpful in reading this para...  Read More

We Get To…This week, we turn to one of Jesus’ most generous parables—the Sower who scatters seed everywhere, on every kind of ground. Some falls on the path, some on rocks, some among weeds, and some in good soil. What makes the story so striking is the farmer himself: he throws seed with no hesitation, no calculation, no fear of running out.Jesus isn’t just telling an agricultural story. He’s des...  Read More