Scatter the Seed – Tom Toya

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<p>Spread the Gospel - Plant the Word</p>
<p><em>The sower sows the word.</em> <strong>Mark 4:14</strong></p>
<p>I love to pluck up dried dandelions – the ones that hold the white seedlings set in the form of a globe – and blow. It was a favorite pastime as a child. I would watch the wind escort these seedlings to faraway places. My father discouraged me from doing this, so I practiced this pastime away from our own yard.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize when I blew these seeds into the atmosphere, I was acting out a principle of the word of God. Jesus said, “The sower sows the word.” Like farmers, we are to scatter the seed of God’s word all around us. We are to ...