Steady perseverance through failure

Morning: Psalm 72; Genesis 42:18-28; I Corinthians 5:9 – 6:8

Evening: Psalm 119:73-96; Mark 4:1-20

Not everyone hears the deeper meaning in Jesus’s stories.  I think he prefers it that way … If you want one thing, it’s shocking and difficult when things go differently.  The people expect a Messiah to quickly restore their nation to freedom.  Any talk of slow, painful transformation is too disappointing.  Do we also, and perhaps too often, want rapid-fire solutions for our problems? – We just need to find the correct answer, right?  But, in reality, it’s failure that may help us most.  When truth does not take root and bear fruit in one place, ‘sow’ somewhere else.