Parable of the Sower

The Parable of the Sower has been brought to my attention again.  My friend Kassie mentioned it to me which in return made me dig deeper into it.  This parable truly is "legit".  I mean it is just so true and powerful.  It is in Mark Chapter 4 and it goes through verse 20.  Here Jesus is teaching but because the crowd became so large, He had to get into a boat so that there was enough room for everyone.  His story begins with, “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.  As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.  Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.  But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.  Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain.  Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”
Shortly after Jesus was done the disciples still did not fully understand it so Jesus explained it to them.  And He does such a great job explaining it, of course He does because He is Jesus, but I just love the way He explains it again. 
"The farmer sows the word.  Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.  Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.  But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.  Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;  but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.  Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown."
For me personally I believe that at first the word was not sown on the good soil, because when I first thought I had given my heart to the Lord, I really did not.  I mean I knew I had thing called salvation and forgiveness, but I did not know what to do with it or how to produce anything from it.  It was until I truly became serious about my relationship with God that I planted the word and the Truth that I had received into good soil and it has been until then that I have truly been able to produce crops.  It is not always easy at times, but God never promised it would be easy, but it is manageable with Him on our side.  Thank you Lord for the chance to plant Your word and Your Truth in good soil. 

Is it time for you to do some replanting?

Become a Farmer, & Sow the Word in Good Soil,
Kelsey

Godly Resolution

This year instead of making a "New Years Resolution" I am going to make a "Godly Resolution".  So for my Godly Resolution I decided that every day for this year I will draw a Bible verse, that I printed off onto little strips of paper, and meditate and memorize that Bible verse.  So the whole day is dedicated to that one verse.  Today my verse as from Galatians 1: 10, it is Paul talking to the Church of Galatia and he says, "If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ."  Which is something I find myself doing a lot.  I try to please other people, but really I need to be pleasing the Lord and doing what is right in the Lord's eye.  I do not need to buy someones love, I need to just love like Christ loved the Church.  It is so easy for me to get caught up in pleasing others that I totally take the focus of of my Lord. 
I pray for anyone who has made a Godly Resolution and that you all stick with it for the year.  I pray for the hearts of many to be transformed and I pray that we will remember to please God, because we are the servant of Christ and no one else. 

Happy New Years,
Kelsey

A Voice Like Thunder

Our dog Goofy is outside and wont come in.  He does this periodically.  Right now I am pretty upset due to the fact that it is one 'o clock in the morning and I am tired but I am going to think of this opportunity as a blessing because he has inspired me for a blog.
Goofy has apparently picked up on a deer scent and followed it through all 20 acres of our property.  And here I am at the back door calling, screaming, hollering for him to get his butt back in the house.  Thinking about how ridiculous this was this scenario reminded me somewhat of what the Lord does for us.  You know there He is at the back door, or since he is Awesome He is at the front door, and He is just hollering at us, you know trying to get our attention in every detail of this life, and there we are wondering the "20 acres" from a scent that is not of God's.  Just like my dog Goofy, who is trapt in the scent of a deer, here we are lost and in a trance of sin.  Now I am not saying that we are dogs by any means but sometimes it would be nice to just take a second and stop following that "scent" and listen for our Lord's call. 

"God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; He does great things beyond our understanding."
 Job 37:5

Listen to God's Voice Thunder,
Kelsey