In today’s parable, Jesus is not squirmy about enemies. There are many ways to interpret this text, and as parables are intended to be unresolvable puzzles, I’m going to share a few interpretations for you to wrestle with…

Within you is a seed that has two starter kits: one for roots, one for fruit & flowers.

“In returning a rest we shall be saved.” In returning to God and resting in God, we shall be saved. We will not be saved by doing more, working harder, human striving. It is the very nature of God to wait on us, to be gracious to us, to show us mercy. We are saved when we acknowledge that we have limits to our energy, that it is our unlimited God who will refuel us when we pause to rest.

Here I am- the three calls of Abram.