God's word to take root in me

The parable of the sower was shared in the Gospel last weekend. The ground on which the seeds fell on seem to represent the different stages of my life, much like a roller-coaster of ups and downs in my faith journey.

As I ponder on which stage of my life I'm in, I could not help but identify with the edge of the path. Birds came and ate them up... My faith has been pretty shallow of late, and I have been in and out of trusting in God's plan for me. I have not allowed God's word to take root in me. Hard as it is for me, I know that ultimately God's Will will prevail. I need to allow God to work in my life and also to allow Him to change my life.

As I journey ahead, I pray that the edge of the path will become rich soil so that God's word can take root and produce crop a hundredfold in me.