Growing Grass, Growing Faith

Filed Under Pastor's Blog by Pastor Meredith

Earlier this summer, I tried to grow some grass in the front yard of the parsonage. Now, I will admit upfront that I am not much of a gardener, but figured that even I could handle a little bit of grass seed. I scattered the seed on the lawn and waited for something to happen. You have to water it everyday, people kept saying to me.

I was quite diligent the first few days about watering my little seeds. Each night I would go out, turn on the hose and stand there watering. Quickly, however, this routine grew tiring and before long I realized that it had been several days since the hose had been turned on. Needless to say, my grass seed never sprouted.

Growing faith, it seems, is a lot like growing grass. We have each been given seeds of faith, planted in us by God, the heavenly gardener. These seeds are then left to us to be tended and nurtured. They need to be fed regularly with the bread and wine of Holy Communion, nurtured by study of scripture and cultivated by gathering as part of a community of believers for worship. These are not meant to be occasional things, but regular parts of our daily lives. How are your faith seeds growing? Hopefully, much better than my grass!