SEEDS

The Gospel this Sunday was the 'Sower of the Seeds' and I found it very interesting even after hearing it for the sixty first time in my life.   This year one of my New Year's resolutions was to try and walk closer to Jesus in my spiritual journey.   My question has always been why are we here on earth?
We are given the Penny Catechism version ' To know God, to love God and to listen to God in this life so that we may be with Him in Heaven eventually'.   It was so simple then!

One thing I do miss about St Nicholas is the spiritual journey.   There are people from all denominations and they are at different stages of their walk with Jesus.   I admire the people who have had this amazing revelation and accepted God into their lives and are completely changed.   I envy the people who talk about Jesus as their personal friend.   The person I enjoy the most though is Angus Buchan.  He obviously walks very close to God yet he is so humble and makes things so clear.   You can open his Farmer's Journal at any given day and its message will be relevant to that day.

The other book I enjoy is 'Shelter from the Storn' - a book that Anthony van Velden introduced me to.   That is also a very relevant and insightful book.   Why do I not find the Bible 'relevant and insightful'?   Why can I not just sit down and read it and get joy and understanding from it?   This is a major difficulty for me.   I want to walk closer to both God and Jesus.   I want to know more about the Holy Spirit.   I know for a fact that they play a significant role in my life, I just have to hold Matthew in my arms and see his beautiful face to know that.    I just have to look at my life and see how blessed I am in every way to know that.   Yet I want to walk closer.   I need to walk closer and I do not know how.

What seeds have I planted?   Have they grown and produced results?   Do I walk the talk?   
I wonder!