a little knowledge

Thursday July 24th, Matthew 13: 24 Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. In the beginning God created all that is and called it good. The seeds were planted. Human desire crept in and planted the thought that if you had your fill of enough knowledge to fuel your desire to be like God, but not enough knowledge to know that is a really stupid idea, and we fell for it. If we deal with what the weeds are in the field, it is a very different conversation from dealing with who the weeds are. If we deal with what the weeds are, then we are left looking at ourselves. If we look at who the weeds are, we are duped once again into thinking we can be some sort of god, and even with a small “g” we convince ourselves that is good enough.