Shatara Goggins
Bible reflection #1
Mrs. Ward
January 28, 2013

When reading the Parable of the Sower and the Seeds, it made me think of life and people, the sower being a parent and the seeds being the children. Parents can raise their children the way they think is right and teach them right from wrong but it’s up to the child to choose the way the way they want their life to turn out. The first sentence says “some fell along the path and was trodden underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.” We can relate this sentence to a teenager (the seed) who tries to be cool and fit in with the wrong crowd (the bird) and ends up dropping out of school, peer pressured into doing the wrong things, and not having any goals. “And some fell on the rock and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.” We can relate this sentence to a child who doesn’t have any motivation and no support system from any loved ones. They don’t feel loved and don’t have the attention they think they deserve. So they just start to give up and not have any confidence in themselves. Lastly, I would like to talk about the last sentence, “And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundred fold. These are the people who have the support that they need and the guidance, the people that can do it but just need that push to get to where they need to be and that’s success. They have positive people around them that have faith in them which makes them have faith in their selves. There came a time in my life where I tried to fit it and hung around the wrong crowd but as I became older and wiser I realized that that’s not the type of person that I wanted to be and that wasn’t the type of person I was. I just wanted to be cool and hang out with popular people at school. That all interfered with school and my grades. But then I’ve decided to change and wished that I could go back and change things because that really affects today, but you live and you learn and now I’m the seed who fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. I’m more positive I set goals in my life, short term and long term, and I more confidence in myself. I’m more harder on myself and I want to be successful and I want to make not only my mother, grandmother, and my whole family happy but also myself. I’m proud of myself and the person that I’m becoming and each day I plan to better myself and do better than I’ve did yesterday.