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Growing Up in the Kingdom

I remember well as a young boy wanting so badly to grow tall. Neither my father nor my mother is very tall, and I was afraid I would not even be able to touch the basketball rim, much less dunk. Well, it must have been the fertile soil in Minnesota, because I turned out taller than the average person in my family; but, unfortunately, still unable to dunk.

I just planted some sunflower seeds that, according to the package, are supposed to grow to be twelve feet tall. Now they will be able to dunk. We’ll see how they grow. It is fun to put seeds in the ground and watch with excitement to see what comes up and how fast, tall, and big the plants grow. Being a seed planter, like Johnny Appleseed, is a very noble thing to be.

It is no wonder that Jesus so often taught that the Kingdom of God was like a seed. It could be a mustard seed or a wheat seed, it did not matter. The important thing was that the seed was small and produced a great harvest. I hope to get at least a fair harvest from the seeds that I am planting this spring. I am eagerly looking forward to seeing the results of my seed sowing.