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Metaphorical Mustard

~DreamChild~
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since 2001-04-23

Posts 544
in your dreams

0 posted 2004-12-02 11:05 PM

what is the faith
of a "mustard seed"?
so small,
faith at all
is great indeed.

but the seed
of an herb
cant believe.
thats absurd.
so what does this metaphor mean?

Lighthousebob
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since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

1 posted 2004-12-02 11:39 PM

Ganja is seen by Rastafarians as the herb of life mentioned in the Bible... but, my preference is more toward the mustard seed. (Smiles) I think what is being emphasized in the scriipture you reference is as you wrote any faith at all is good and a mustard seed is very very small and if we have faith even that small we can move mountains. Great metaphor. -Bob

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

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Eternity

2 posted 2004-12-04 06:42 PM

The metaphor of the mustard seed is a favorite of mine.

Jesus knows our hearts and knows how difficult it is for us to have faith without the slightest doubt ... so if we actually could exclude doubt and have just total faith even if it was just the size of a mustard seed it would be enough to move the mountains. So it's not the "amount" of faith, but its "purity" that counts. Just my opinion.

Thank you!

Love, Margherita

~DreamChild~
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since 2001-04-23

Posts 544
in your dreams

3 posted 2004-12-05 01:58 AM

thanks for your opinion marg,

and bob your reply seemed to shed some light for me to grow.
thank you.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2004-12-05 05:47 PM

Derrick~
On my charm bracelet I wear a glass-enclosed mustard seed that was given to me in my early teens~

It is an ever-constant reminder to me that sometimes when I feel the path is darker than I'd like it to be ... my faith ... great OR small will deliver me to where He wants me to be~

Thank you for this~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

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