The Field
I don't have a picture of this place. When I was a teenager the owner of the field planted hundreds of trees there. It's a thick forest now.
A field : an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage. I feel as though this is what I've been doing there. Like a sheep I feed there, with my Shepherd.
Jesus uses the idea of a field often in the Gospels. My favourite, and most fitting, are the parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl, Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." That field for me is where I spend a great deal of time with Jesus. The Kingdom of God hidden in plain sight.
A field : an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage. I feel as though this is what I've been doing there. Like a sheep I feed there, with my Shepherd.
Jesus uses the idea of a field often in the Gospels. My favourite, and most fitting, are the parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl, Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." That field for me is where I spend a great deal of time with Jesus. The Kingdom of God hidden in plain sight.
"The Kingdom of God hidden in plain sight." That is a powerful line. We are the ones who are supposed to see it, and to bring what we see into being.
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