What are Seeds of Life?

Tonight was a great night!  My sons and I (the dog too) took a walk so we could shoot the breeze and catch up on the latest events.  My youngest son (the energetic one) started off excited by his Q1 report card (As & Bs - THANK YOU LORD!) did not waste any time asking when he might be getting a cell phone.  Hmmm, who promised that?

My oldest son (confidently awaiting his report card) began as he usually does, with the latest on the opposite gender front - girls, girls, girls.  He did slide some other interesting things in during our conversation, he is good at this.

One was an analogy between a human life and that of an oak tree.  As I listened to him detail some of the similarities and stages of maturity, I figured - let's research/write about that.  In my search, I ran across the following overview for the life cycle of the oak tree which I found here.

"As is the case with all trees, the mighty oak begins as a tiny seed. In order for the tree to grow and the life cycle to complete itself, the oak requires sufficient space, water to carry root-borne nutrients from suitably fertile soil and adequate sunlight to trigger the life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. Insect infestation, disease, scavenging animals and adverse weather conditions can prematurely end the life cycle at any stage..." 

As I reflected on what he said, I too was struck at some of the similarities with humans for needing nutrients, water, space, sunlight, care etc…  If we have these ingredients, we too thrive.  If not, we too can have our lives prematurely ended (not only in the physical sense).  You see, we get out what we put in.  Whether it is to our children, spouse, family, friends and dare I say ourselves.  

While I am often amazed at some of the things that come out of my boys mouth's, I am grateful that their foundation to date appears to be solid.  I guess my wife and I are doing an ok job at raising them and providing them with space, water & sunlight.  At times the space aspect is more of a challenge when raising a tweener and teenager.

How are you nurturing your seeds of life?  Choices are powerful, choose right - choose LIFE!


Matt 13:37-39 - 37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. <NKJV>

Blessings,
-d