Matt 13:24-30 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came & sowed weeds among the wheat & went away. So when the plants came up & bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. & the servants of the master of the house came & said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go & gather them?’ He said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, & at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first & bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” — Wheat or Chaff we have a choice! They both grow together, but eventually the two will be separated! Chaff is separated from grain during threshing. The threshing floor in ancient Israel used these agricultural spaces where crops are threshed and winnowed to release the grain. The threshing floor is considered a place of blessings & judgement, with the grain being the blessing & the chaff judgement. — Psalm 1:3-4 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season & its leaf does not wither; & in whatever he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away. — We must be like the tree planted by the streams of God. He must be our continued source. Love Mel
