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“The Good Farmer”
Once upon a time or so the story goes, there were two farmers living side by side. One, the good farmer, had a small plot of land which he loved and sewed in it good seed. The other, the jealous farmer, had four times the land, but received an equal harvest as the good farmer, because he did not love the land and he would not sew good seed. One day the jealous farmer seeing the good fortune of the good farmer came to purchase the land.
“No” the good farmer said, refusing the offer. The jealous farmer thought, “Well, if I can not own the land then I will destroy the seed which will destroy the good farmer.”
Ordering his men, the jealous farmer had the good seed scattered. Early the next morning, a servant to the good farmer came running. “Master, master! Your seed had been scattered. What shall we do?” Dismayed, the good farmer said, “Go find where the seed had been scattered and purchase the land.” So the servant went, taking all the money the farmer had and purchased the land where the good seed had been scattered and there they nourished and cared for the good seed until harvest. And, at harvest the good farmer received a hundred fold increase and his wealth multiplied.
The following planting season, the jealous farmer again looked down on the good farmer and all that he had and sent his men once again to scatter the good seed, so that it would destroy the good farmer. But again, the good farmer instructed his servants to go and purchase all the land where the good seed had fallen, nourish it and care for it until harvest. And, this time the good farmer received a harvest a thousand times greater.
Angered, the jealous farmer moved this time to destroy all that the good farmer had by sending his men into the fields with fire. But on the very day that the jealous farmer would move, the good farmer appeared at his door step with all his creditors. “Today, I have come to purchase this land for I have acquired all of your debts and all you now owe to me. For what you did in evil God had turned it to good for you scattered the good seed and it fell on good ground and God provided the increase. Now your evil days have come to an end.”
COMMON SENSE SAYS: The word went forth and was scattered aboard, because evil men would have it so. But it fell on good ground and took root. As it was nourished by love, blessed by grace, and guarded by mercy, the Lord added the increase. Now that word which should have been destroyed now scatters the darkness and brings in the heavenly light.
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