A crisis of trust
Our vision is cloudy and our language confused.
We imagine different destinations.
But You illuminate one step.
A child encounters the supremely Supreme
God is great. Supremely great. The close-up perspective of an ant and the far-above perspective of an eagle only hint at God's limitless knowledge. His power as boundless.
God is good. Supremely good. God=love. He is just and kind and patient and merciful. The Fruit of the Spirit points to its Source. To think on everything that's true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and good is to examine Him.
Let us thank Him. To give thanks is to relate. How incomprehensible is the privilege of relating with the supremely great, supremely good God; to know He cares for every creature and He cares for me, His child.
The parable of the would-be sower
“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold”
A sower meant to sow his seed. But he never got around to it. So the condition of the soil didn't matter.
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