As we enjoy the ‘return’ of ‘summer’ we hear a familiar parable – The Sower.

With all the modern machinery in our fields, and seed-packets with precise instructions, we don’t come across the broadcast method of sowing very often.  Straight lines, prepared drills, regular distribution are the norm nowadays.  As with many of Jesus’ parables we have to take a moment to picture what is going on.

So what does it teach us today?  What challenge does Jesus give His Disciples?

More than just a wild-gardening tip!

We are all called to be sowers, spreading God’s Love and Light, the Good News, as we walk along through life.  Just as God is generous and indiscriminate with His Love, so should we be.

I would ask you to try an experiment this week …

Fill your wine glass to the brim (or your mug to the top) then try to walk across the patio or garden from side to side.  Then see how much wine/tea/coffee is left in the glass or mug.That’s how God’s Good News spreads – as we are re-filled with His Love and Light by the Holy Spirit, it cannot help but spill out as we waddle through life.  It doesn’t matter if we are ‘wobbly’ or steady – what we carry within us will spill out as we travel through this life.

Join us as part of your refilling, then spill away!!

God Bless,

REV Mark RS Smith