Mustard Seed

The doors in the center of our home are mustard yellow.

They were painted as such to purposely represent the parable of the mustard seed.

“The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed.  It’s the smallest of all seeds.  It’s the seed that becomes the largest of all garden plants and grows into a tree where birds come and find shelter in its branches.” (NLT)

Our home is our mustard seed.

I’m always amazed at whose hearts God chooses to assemble here.  We host adult home groups and high schoolers on varying days each week.  The differences are in ages, circumstances, conditions and convictions.  On the occasions that we meet, the common seed at the center of them all is Christ.  And to see Christ represented in this way reflects a picture that we have hanging, “Let His glory fill this home.”  It helps me visualize His reflection.  It helps me see His image when the body of Christ gathers together.

It’s in companionship where we grow best.

In a similar kind of way, outside our home we’ve started a garden.  What we are discovering is that a better harvest is a result of companion planting.  It provides a favorable habitat and a far greater environment. It helps control threats to the growing process and increases the likelihood of reaping what we sow.  There are practices as a result of knowledge passed down through the generations. Isn’t it interesting that Jesus appointed 12 apostles to be His regular companions.  They were to accompany Him by His side before He sent them out.

It’s how the Kingdom of God grew.

When we gather, we hope to grow.

It’s by faith,

the size of a mustard seed.

Matthew 13:31

Matthew 17:20

Mark 3:14