Mt 13:1-9
1[One] day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. 2Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. 3And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, 6and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. 7Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. 8But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.9Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
Reflection:
A sower went out to sow. Let us focus on the sower or the farmer in the parable. The sower seems to have accepted the fact that not all the seeds he has sown will grow and bear fruit. Not all the good things we have done will be appreciated and repaid. Not all the work we undertake will profit. Not all our good intentions will be acknowledged.
We must be willing to take risks, leave room for failure in some of our endeavors, and accept setbacks in our honest efforts. We must be grateful for the seeds that will grow; they will be enough to compensate for the lost ones.
We cannot have it all every time and everywhere. I always thank the Lord for the many gifts and blessings he has given me. I also bless him for my own little thorn in the flesh. It keeps my feet on the ground.