The parable of the sower is refreshing to read if I quit thinking like an American.

If I think of this as an American, I’m wondering why this dumb farmer throws seed in places that aren’t conducive to growth. I wonder what’s wrong with the seed.

I miss the point.

But in sowing seed, the message of the Kingdom, we DON’T know the soil. We are just called to sow. We don’t know the results. It’s not our call.

Even if there is fruit, we don’t know how much. As an American, it drives me crazy. I want to control all that! I want LOTS of fruit! I want NUMBERS!

But no matter the size of the yield, fruit comes. Fruit is what counts.