Can You Find a Safe Place for My Seed?
By: Ashley Thompson
Can you find a safe place for my seed?
I’ve heard it comes with all I need.
(Matthew 13:1-23)
A warm cup of hot coco and a coat.
Some jewelry and a boat. My favorite rainbow and the sky.
A thousand kisses and a lullaby.
This seed comes with good things from heaven that never say goodbye.
(2 Peter 1:2-3)
A wise man gave it to me, He pulled it from some weeds.
He tucked it in my pocket and said it was all I would ever need.
With a kiss that left my cheek tingling with warmth, He tipped his hat and buttoned his petite coat.
(Matthew 13:37, 2 Corinthians 9:10)
Snow dusted his tall hat and lashes; his white hair was alight with flashes.
His eyes were like fire burning bright, in Him I saw everlasting light.
(Revelation 1:14)
He was unlike any man I had ever seen.
He was like God in the flesh and there was nothing mean.
(John 1:14)
He spoke the words that breathed life into this seed.
He spoke the words that were all I would ever need.
(John 6:63)
The seed in my pocket was hot like the sun. It glowed in every tunnel and had darkness on the run.
I tried to grow it on books, on tables and desks, it didn’t like these places, it wanted a heart of flesh.
I tried to put it in pots of dirt, but it wanted to be inside my heart and warm me like a hearth.
(James 1:17, Jeremiah 31:33)
I lifted the seed that sparkled like a star, it seemed to come from some place that was very far.
It drew my attention to the heavens above, it wanted to shower down for it was a gift of love.
I opened my mouth with bated breath, I swallowed the seed, and it grew in my heart of flesh. It took root in my soul and its truth gave me the very best.
(Ezekiel 36:26)
Inside my heart the seed showed me a Man.
A Man who loved me before time began.
Within this Man is life at its grandest.
As I walk with Him, I become robed in heaven’s finest.
(John 3:16, John 14,26, John 10:10)
Now this seed is living and active.
Within me Jesus Christ is protected.
Together we walk through life completely connected.
(Hebrews 4:12)
He is in me, and my life is hidden in Him.
This is the mystery of the Gospel.
This is a love that always wins.
(Colossians 3:2-3, 1 Corinthians 13:8)
Dear parents,
As a parent, I know how important it is for us to plant the Word of God in our children’s hearts. There is hardly anything dearer in life than personally knowing Jesus Christ in truth and rightly dividing the Word. Jesus is the Word made flesh and He said man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God (John 1:14, Matthew 4:4).
This small poetic story was inspired by the parable of the Sower and the seed told by Jesus in the Gospels. Jesus is called the “seed of Abraham” in Galatians 3:16.
Jesus compares the power and functioning of God’s kingdom in our lives to how well we plant and grow God’s Word in our hearts by faith (Romans 1:16, James, 1:21, 1 Corinthians 1:18). When we consider that Jesus (Salvation) is the Word of God, it becomes easy to understand why knowing God’s precious Word is life to us. Not only is knowledge of the written word important to our children, but personal relationship with Jesus (the Word made flesh) is important. In this short rhyming children’s tale, I tried to combine both aspects of relationship with God’s Word.
My greatest prayer for my children and yours is that they will know the One who is life, salvation, wisdom from God, Healer, Prince of Peace, and the Way personally for the rest of their lives. I pray our children will walk with Jesus and know Him as He is. There is no safer or more blessed place for our children to be, than in the warm arms of Jesus Christ.
“The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” -Jesus in John 6:63 (NLT)