Growing Your Garden (Part 7): What Type of Soil Are You?

to grow a spiritual garden is to implement God's saving grace according to the soil that is in you where the word of God is placed an earthly garden is the physical and actual manifestation of the symbolic sowing of God's word and its germination one only needs to pray, to prepare, to plow and then plant a seed in order to grow a garden that will fulfill one's spiritual needs in the parable of the soil many think that Jesus speaks autobiographically when He preaches and teaches the gospel on a level so personally He talks about the various types of soil and their effect when a seed lands upon them and from them what one can expect He's referring to the soil that is the hearts and minds of men and what type of righteousness that dwells within them impenetrable and unyielding is the soil of the man on the rocky wayside the word of God in him will never dwell nor ever reside inadequate and insufficient is the soil of the man who is shallow and not deep the word of God in him takes root for a moment but is deficient and won't keep insufferable and unsustainable is the soil of the man full of thorns and weeds the word of God in him will be choked away to never bear any fruit nor seed enriched and substantial is the soil of the man who is right and sure the word of God in him will take root, sustain, ripen and mature so what type of soil are you? what type of garden do you hope to grow? when receiving the seeds of God's wisdom what type of spirituality will you sow? will it be scattered? will it be scorched and then wither away? will it get choked by the world's weeds or will it grow a good fruit one day? the parable of the soil is about what type of soil are you but if one has ears to hear the seeds of God's word will come shining through