Opus 2024-236: Seeds

I was in dialogue with a lady in our church, and she made the comment, “Seeds.”

I liked that and I told her so.  I then went on to pontificate on how we were planting seeds of oaks and not seeds of grass.  If I had spent a little time thinking about my word picture, I might have said “acorns”, not “seeds”.  That would’ve been much more pithy and clever.

We get in such a hurry.  That was illustrated by my quick response which a little thinking would have made much more penetrating.  We do that in life.  We want “now”.  We have fast foods. We have instant oatmeal.  We have instant grits.  Disgusting can also be instant.  We want the doctor to give us a pill.  We want Donald Trump to cure our country.  We want revival in the church, but let us start with someone else.

Someone once said that changing our mind quickly is rather counterproductive.  They pointed out that if someone would change their mind for you quickly, they would change it back just as quickly for someone else.  That applies to our political discussions.  Remember that when it comes to witnessing and talking to people about Jesus.

Quick change is often either incredibly weak or excessively destructive.

Give it time. Be consistent. Be persistent. Be patient.

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