Today's Favorite Verse: Luke 8:7, 14
"And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection."
The parable of the sower, and of particular the seeds that fell among thorns. It doesn't appear that the problem is having no roots that go deep enough, or someone saying things that destroy their faith. The problem is where they are spending their time. They care to much about the things of the world, riches, pleasures and have no fruit to show for it. The soil was good but they put obstacles in the way of receiving the spirit to guide them. Soon they just drifted off into the world.
It made me think of the time wasters. Never has it been so easy to waste our time. Tonight I was washing the dishes while listening to videos. I didn't realize my battery was low and suddenly my phone went dead. I proceeded to work in silence. I realized I don't often have silence around me. It's usually filled with hearing or reading something. I realized how much I missed that. Just me and my thoughts, which usually leads to really good impressions on things I need to do. Sometimes, we don't realize we have a lot of thorns around us, crowding out the Spirit from speaking to us. Before we know it our spiritual batteries run dry leaving us to the world.
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