How To Thrive in a Field of Weeds

“Jesus told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.’ ” – Matthew 13:24-26 Let’s talk about why it’s possible for God’s people to feel as if everything around them is fake, often overgrown and not real. Jesus is speaking to an agrarian society in the above “Parable of the Weeds.” It was commonplace back then for a competitor to sabotage another farmer, despite knowing it was rotten and wrong. Darnel, also known as poison darnel, is a poisonous weed that this competitor, or “enemy” would have planted. In some regions, it is referred to as “false wheat” because it closely resembles wheat until the ear appears. There is a difference between