there's what's right & there's what's right
& never the twain shall meet A sermon on Jesus' so-called Parable of the Weeds in the Wheat Field : Jesus tells a parable comparing the Kingdom of Heaven to someone seeding their field with wheat. Only to have some scoundrel sneak in one night and plants weeds amidst the wheat field… No one notices right away, of course; but once the green blade rises, it becomes apparent there’s more in the field than just wheat. “ Where , then, did these weeds come from,” the servants ask. You ever felt that way? When you try to do the right thing, only to end up with a mess on your hands. When you all you have to show for your efforts, is a field full of weeds . I know I have… We all have. It’s a common occurrence. So common Saint Paul talks about it himself in one of the best chapters in the Bible, Romans 7; “I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” Jesus’ parable, full of ordina...