Matt 13-14

So, the thing that really stuck out to me about this chapter was wheat. lol.

I'm going out to Saskatoon right now to work with wheat and fungal resistance breeding.

So when Jesus tells them a parable in verses 24-30 about a farmer and his field of wheat I just had to stop and read again. lol.

It's also along the same lines as my last thought.

Although the enemy planted weeds alongside the wheat the farmer allowed both to grow fully before uprooting the weeds. Sure the weeds would make the wheat grow a little slower or potentially beat out a few, he was really protecting the wheat by not pulling out the weeds earlier, which could hurt the wheat and stop it from growing at all, especially since the entire field had weeds strewn throughout.

Once the wheat had grown fully then the weeds could be safely removed.

So, even if there may be some difficulties now, God allowing those weeds there is so that we can continue to grow instead of being uprooted together with the weeds. He is there to give us strength through these trials and to grow us through them.

(I feel like I will understand this all so much more after living in Saskatoon for the summer. lol)