{"id":3914,"date":"2018-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2024-08-30T09:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T09:25:42","slug":"scatter-wide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/2018\/06\/10\/scatter-wide\/","title":{"rendered":"SCATTER WIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Matthew 13:3&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThen He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: \u2018Behold, a sower went out to sow.\u2019 \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t limit your options. In life, learn to scatter wide. Of course, some things need narrowcasting and not broadcasting, but in most situations, you need to spread your seed among many options. Since we cannot be sure of which ones will blossom and prosper, and which ones won\u2019t, it\u2019s good to seek to touch as many possibilities as are available, while hoping for the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s business, academics or spiritual ministry, don\u2019t limit yourself. Though this parable primarily applies to the sowing of God\u2019s word, the reality is that it\u2019s a parable that has broad implications. Keep casting your seeds. Keep trying. Don\u2019t give up on yourself. Yes, some seeds will not bear fruit, and some seeds may spring up and disappoint us later; but if we cast our seeds wide enough, some seeds will bring us joy by their harvest of yields. So, don\u2019t limit yourself. Scatter wide. Reach out wide. Give yourself many options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cLord, let me not withhold my seed because am looking for the perfect soil. Release me to take the risk of casting wide and help my heart not to be discouraged if a few seeds don\u2019t measure up. I know that out of the many, You\u2019ll give me success in a few. Amen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew 13:3&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThen He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: \u2018Behold, a sower went out to sow.\u2019 \u201d Don\u2019t limit your options. In life, learn to scatter wide. Of course, some things need narrowcasting and not broadcasting, but in most situations, you need to spread your seed among many options. Since we cannot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-matthew"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Reflections-from-Matthew.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3916,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions\/3916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}