PARABLE OF THE SOWER

LAW OF AVERAGES / SALESMAN/MISSIONARY WORK

They didn’t have tractors back in the day………they had a guy with a bag of seeds called   ‘the sower’

This ‘sower’ was WISE – he had knowledge and was smart to use his knowledge therefore…wise.

This ‘sower’ had EXCELLENT SEEDS – the Gospel is the best seeds that I know of.

He was HIGHLY AMBITIOUS = he went to work.

1- seeds fell by the WAYSIDE = so you have a new investigator and on Friday he tells you that he is excited to come to church on Sunday…but he doesn’t come…what happened?  The BIRDS done got him.  Perhaps his brother-in-law said, ‘wait you can’t miss poker Sunday with the boys.’ His plumber says, “Wait, I heard that was the church of the devil.” . What do you do? You could chase the birds…but if you leave the field you aren’t planting anymore… What did the sower do?

HE KEPT ON SOWING

2- seeds fell in STONY PLACES  = so you have a new convert that just joined the church and comes for 3 Sundays and then doesn’t show up any more after that…you say “I was sure he’d last at least a month?…what happened?  SCORCHED, FIRST HOT DAY WITHERS AND DIES…not fellowshipped. What do you do? Get the members to fellow ship them…. What did the sower do?

HE KEPT ON SOWING

3- seeds fell upon THORNS = new convert joins and CHOKED..TOO BUSY WITH THE CARES OF LIFE…deceit of worldly riches instead of spiritual riches, too busy with worldly pleasures, boating, vacations. Some people Major in Minor things. What did the sower do?

HE KEPT ON SOWING

4- seeds fell on GOOD GROUND and brought forth GOOD FRUIT =  joined the church, had a testimony and stayed active…= if you keep sowing long enough you will be successful.

The law of averages were even displayed with the GOOD FRUIT...some produced 30% some 60% and some 100%.....

How could a loving GOD allow Bad things to happen to Good People?

I am often asked “How could a loving God allow Bad things to happen to Good People?”  Here is the shortest way that I can answer that.

In the pre-existence we were Intelligences and then we were spiritually born of Heavenly Father. We had progressed as far as we could as Spirit Children and wanted to progress farther. A Loving Father in Heaven saw this and presented a Plan of Salvation where we could accomplish this. Two thirds of us chose His Plan and came to Earth to receive our bodies and go through Trials by Faith to see if we would continue to choose His plan over and over again regardless of what trials we would have to face. Earth time is very short compared to God’s time so we are only here minutes to Him. The most important part of this plan was our Free Agency. No one could take this away from us…it was a Gift. God has given us EVERYTHING. The only gift we can possibly give Him back is our Agency to choose to be with Him and try to become Like Him.

While we are on Earth, we are all here bumping into the Free Agency of other People, the Free Agency of Nature, the Free Agency of Disease, the Free Agency of all Life… Our job is to continue to choose God in all that we come upon and endure through it all.

Our reaction to these trials are more important than what the trials themselves actually are. We need to eventually develop empathy for others, patience, kindness, and become spiritually great as a true child of Deity should become.

It will be difficult…but it will be worth it. We will be filled with Joy to Return to Heavenly Father to work in His Kingdom and Increase Forever.

GROW STRONG- Music & Lyrics by Patti Miner

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Learn from the Redwoods, Grass, Roses, Cactus, Icebergs and all nature.

We must grow above the thorns, or wind, or sand though roots are torn.

Search for Power Deep Inside to Build Belief and Change the Tide.

To Know Where We Belong and Grow Strong.

HIGH AND WIDE / GROW STRONG

Words and Music by Patti Miner

Verse 1            Look at the Redwoods whose roots are small

                        Yet, intertwined they grow so tall

                        Look at the mountain whose range is wide

                        Yet, rising high on every side

Chorus             So High and Wide

                        They build strength deep inside

                        To know where they belong

                        And Grow Strong

Verse 2            Look at the Red Rose whose thorns extend

                        Yet blossoms bloom on every end

                        Only a blade of grass a tiny strand

                        And yet in mass it covers land

Chorus             So High and Wide

                        They build strength deep inside

                        To know where they belong

                        And Grow Strong

Verse 3            A Cactus grows on sands so dry

                        For water deep reserves supply

                        And iceberg flows against the wind

                        For currents deep move from within

Chorus             So High and Wide

                        They build strength deep inside

                        To know where they belong

                        And Grow Strong

Verse 4            We must grow above the thorns

                        Or wind, or sand, though roots are torn

                        Search for power deep inside

                        To build belief and change the tide

Chorus             So High and Wide

                        We build strength deep inside

                        To know where we belong

                        And Grow Strong