Remember the Box

The diner served up more than I could eat. I carried the rest home in a box.

That’s how it is with Sunday’s sermon. I bring some of it home in a doggie bag. Question is, do I eat it later? Or does it languish in the back of the fridge, fuzzy and forgotten?

Refrigerator, rocky ground — it’s all the same:

Matthew 13:20-21 (CEV)
The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it right away. But they don’t have deep roots, and they don’t last very long.