And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man… (Matthew 13:37)
The scene
The garden, so familiar to Adam’s family, comes to portray the productivity of human beings, and the certain judgment of the Gardener. The planting and the harvesting contain drama that shakes our balance.
The comfort – the tension
Not only good seeds – apple, fig, tomatoes – but weeds that will be burnt up as unwanted. Forgetting that weeds can look like wheat, or that the son of man is both God and man will make a disturbing aroma of something less than love.
The drop
The line of demarcation between good seed and bad seed, between wheat and weeds, does not erase the common humanity, which, under any circumstance in the current age, deserves some sweetness amid the inevitable bitterness. United in the garden parable and our reality is divinity and humanity, without controversy in the Son of Man.
Life is Fun, But Not a Joke 