Psalm 1 and the sower of seeds....

 Psalm 1 and the sower of seeds....

I realized this week, that I have been missing my “gardens along the way”...in my excitement of being able to return to the gym this spring...I have missed the outside walks of last year...the gardens, the people, the changes, the birds, etc...when I started blogging last year about the “gardens”, I never realized it would turn into 40 plus blogs...my dog has missed the exercise as well, expectantly waiting by the the door, near his leash at various times a day, hoping hoping for that daily walk....now I need to incorporate a walk with gym time...

This year has really been about going through the Old Testament, slower than usual...finding truths again in a different setting...there is soooo much embedded in the Word...

As I finished Job, leaving him in a much better place than the beginning,  I entered into the psalms which I love and return to time and time again ....

I was thinking about the walk,stand, sit versus the planted and prosper...then the chaff that blows away

But, what struck me was the similarity of Psalm 1 to the parable that Jesus told  about the sower and his seeds...told in three of four gospels...the sowing, the planting, the reaper, the harvest...something to meditate on...thank YOU....

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, 

nor stands in the way of sinners, 

nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 

but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. 

He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. 

In all that he does, he prospers. 

The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 

for the Lord  knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 1:1-6

And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 

4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 

5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 

6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. 

7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 

8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 

9 He who has ears, let him hear.” 

18 “Hear then the parable of the sower: 

19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 

20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 

21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. 

22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 

23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

Matthew 13:3-9,18-23 

He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 

You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 

For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

2 Corinthians 9:10-12