This sermon has been difficult for me to work on. The parable of the weeds among the wheat, Mt 13:24-30, 36-43 is bothersome. First of all, Jesus explains it which means we can't read too much into it of our own because he tells us what it means.
AND, it is an apocalyptic explanation. God will sort out all the evildoers from the righteous . . . there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. . . ugh! Troublesome.
I have chosen to focus more on those weeds that look so much like wheat. And on the fact that Jesus says we shouldn't try to 'weed them out' but instead let wheat and weeds grow together.
What happens when someone turns out to be something different than what we thought? In the film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy puts all her hopes and dreams on the wizard. And in the end he turns out just to be a man behind a curtain running a scam.
What happens when someone turns out to be bad news? What happens when something happens that you didn't expect? What does Jesus want us to do with that?
If you have comments, please email me at pameverhart@fcfumc.net or post your comments below.
PS Heifer International will be with us Sunday at 9:15 celebrating the success of The Big Moo Canoe! We welcome Maria Franco Tapia to our service.
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