Jeremiah 1 : 1, 4-10 / Matthew 13 : 1-9
There is one profound saying when it comes to the art of imparting knowledge and it goes like this.
"Tell me and I might forget. Show me and I might remember. Let me do it and I will understand".
Just to tell you that Jesus is the sower and His word is the seed and our hearts is the soil, we might just forget about it as other things come into our minds.
But if we were to remember anything about the gospel at all, we could see that Jesus painted with His words.
He gave us an image of a sower who went out to sow seeds.
We will then understand the parable when we start to reflect and remember those times when we tried to correct others, or advise others, or counsel others, with varying and different results.
We ourselves have responded to God's word with varying and different results.
What we need is not more doing but rather to start listening.
When we listen to God's Word, then we will try to understand.
When we understand, then we will speak and like Jesus we will also paint with our words.
Because to understand is to have ears that will listen and to have eyes to see the love that God is painting in our hearts.