There was a piece of ground named Ketsy, lying quietly under the sun, soft and hopeful.
Welcome to Modern Day Parables: The Two Farmers and the One Field
One morning, a good farmer came walking across Ketsy’s field. His hands were gentle, his eyes watchful. He scattered fine wheat seeds into her soil, carefully, deliberately, pressing them just enough so they could take root. As he worked, he hummed softly, as though he knew the harvest before it came.
Ketsy felt honoured. “These must be good seeds,” she said within herself. “For the farmer who planted them is good.”
In time, the seeds began to grow. Tender green shoots rose from her surface, stretching toward the light. Ketsy rejoiced, for she could feel life within her.
But one night, when the stars were awake, men asleep and the world was still, another farmer came.
He did not hum. He did not linger.
With hurried hands and quiet steps, he scattered seeds of his own among the wheat. Then he vanished into the darkness, leaving no word behind.
Ketsy felt it but did not understand it.
Days passed. The rain came. The sun shone.
And then, more shoots appeared.
At first, they looked like the wheat; green, upright, lively. Ketsy was pleased. “See how fruitful I am becoming,” she thought.
But as the plants grew, something changed.
Some stalks grew strong and full, their heads heavy with grain. They swayed gently, bowing as though in humility.
Others stood stiff and empty. Their heads bore no nourishing grain, only husks that looked like food but could not feed.
Ketsy grew troubled.
“Farmer,” she whispered when the good one returned, “did you not plant only good seeds in me? Where then did these other plants come from?”
The farmer knelt and touched the soil.
“An enemy has done this,” he said.
Ketsy trembled. “Shall your farmhand pull them out at once?”
The farmer shook his head. “If we uproot them now, I may also uproot the wheat, for their roots have grown together. Let them grow side by side until the harvest. Then the difference will be clear.”
And so they remained.
The wheat grew golden, bending low with substance.
The tares stood tall, but empty.
At harvest, the farmer returned with his farmhands. The wheat was gathered into his barn, precious and nourishing.
The tares were separated, for they had no life within them. They were burned in a big fire.
And Ketsy, who once could not tell the difference, now understood:
Not every seed that grows within you was planted by the same hand. Some come with life. Others only resemble it.
And though they may look alike in the beginning, their fruit will always reveal their nature.
And the lesson is this:
In our lives, both wheat and tares may grow together, and often, only time reveals the difference. These are friendships. Not every voice that walks beside us comes from a good place, even if it first appears kind.
The lesson is to look beyond appearances and watch the fruit: what does this friendship produce in your life; peace or trouble, truth or confusion, growth or decay?
As Jesus taught in the Gospel of Matthew, discernment often grows with patience, and in due season, what is planted by God and what is not will be made clear.
May God help you and me to discern between good friendships and harmful ones. May He give us the wisdom to recognise what should be embraced, and the strength to separate from what must be left behind.
And when clarity comes, may we honour God with our choices: embracing good friendships for His glory, and disconnecting from harmful friendships for His glory too.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit of God is saying.
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