Losing Control

 Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:34 - 16:13 and Psalm 20  • Ezekiel 17:22-24 and Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15  • 2 Corinthians 5:6-10, (11-13), 14-17  • Mark 4:26-34

The desire to control is something we have from toddlers to old age, although  I have less desire to control situations in retirement than I did providing and caring for my family.  It never leaves us entirely, though. 

This Sunday's gospel parables of the gardener who sows and then sleeps, and of the mustard seed look at the mysteries of life, especially when we have no control, or limited control. In "The Sleeping Gardner," Debie Thomas offers us astonishing insights and life lessons as she considers Jesus' parables. Astonishing? Isn't that what a wonderful life should be? It's not always easy to cease worrying, and cede control, but we miss a lot if we don't heed the lesson of these parables.