The Seed is the Word

 "A farmer went out to plant some seed...Other seed fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was 30, 60 and even a hundred times as much as was planted." Mark 4: 3-8

The seed here is the Word of God, and the soil is our hearts. There are different kinds of hearts. In 2006, I was very frustrated that even if I prayed early in the morning, and thought about what I read in the Bible, by 10 in the morning, I could not remember even the verse I read! My heart was like the footpath, where the birds just picked up the seeds and ate it!

Although the Word is spread far and wide- we can read our Bibles, online, on billboards, we can listen to it on TV, on Youtube, in prayer meetings, there is much more seed the enemy is planting! I think we have to think of more "creative" ways to plant the seed in our heart, to help it germinate and grow. We cannot allow the enemy to stifle it with all the work we need to do, to choke it with the lures of materialism, with anxiety, to drown it with the so many forms of entertainment, and our desire for a life of ease and comfort.

That is why in 2006, I decided to illustrate the Bible verse I read in the morning. I started with cutting up pictures in magazines and glueing it on to my prayer journal. Then I graduated to drawing and painting. It helped immensely to embed God's Word in my heart. I can say it's not only helped me grow spiritually, and given me joy, but I also discovered God’s gifts to me! Truly, what God has planted in my heart produced so much more than I could ever had imagined! I also started my blog in 2006! 

Then I discovered groups of women painting on their Bibles. Some of you may disagree with doing that, but I try hard not to get too much paint so I can still read the Word. Also, I have so many Bibles and I do not paint on my main Bible. My main Bible is soooo full of notations from past studies - another way I try to place the Word in my heart, and help it permeate my life! Just as we find all sorts of ways to improve the way we do our work, or raise children, or style our hair or make up, the way we dress, we should also be creative in our journey with the Lord.