Good and Bad Seed

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!” Matthew 13:36-43

Good and Bad Seed

The monsters of our movies are not like us
selfish, violent and under an evil cloud
we feel distant and superior to all the bad
happy and smug in our constant denial.

Too often we imagine ourselves superior
when we are broken, tearing into others
torturing our families with our obsessions
breaking hearts as we give in to addiction.

We pretend to be righteous and relevant
while we avoid the poor and dirty street people
the beloved of God make us uncomfortable
they are too real and too very honest.

These are who we could become today
the ones who search for God in the margins
the followers who lift up the lowly
sharing the good blessings of God's abundance.