Growing together

Matthew 13:24-30

The Parable of the Weeds 

He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he said, No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Who are we to judge

who’s in and who’s out,

who fits and who doesn't?

How can we tell 

what belongs and what doesn't?

The God of the harvest

encourages us simply

to do what we can,

to grow together,

to influence the other,

knowing that in the end

no matter how it looks on the outside,

how much it may seem like

we all fit together,

those who deny life to others

will not survive

but will be removed,

allowing space to grow

the kingdom of God.