Plant your hope with good seeds.

Hello all, 

so recently i have been getting into a band named "Mumford and Sons". they are reaaaallly good. so if you want some new music, check em out..

anyways.

My boyfriend, Chris, has also been listening to them lately and he found a song of theirs that has become his favorite called Thistle and Weeds.  My first impression was great! I really enjoyed it. But it wasnt until I continued to listen to it that I found a secret meaning..and thats what I want to share today! I want to show the lyrics and then give interpretation. it was SO moving to me. gave me chill bumps all over when I read into the view that this band (i believe) has tried to create for their listeners through this song! So here it goes..

Spare me your judgements and spare me your dreams
Cause recently mine have been tearing my seams
I sit alone in this winter clarity which clouds my mind
Alone in the wind and the rain you left me
It's getting dark darling, too dark to see
And I'm on my knees, and your faith in shreds, it seems

Corrupted by the simple sniff of riches blown
I know you have felt much more love than you've shown
And I'm on my knees and the water creeps to my chest

But plant your hope with good seeds
Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds
Rain down, rain down on me
Look over your hills and be still
The sky above us shoots to kill
Rain down, rain down on me

But I will hold on
I will hold on hope

I begged you to hear me, there's more than flesh and bones
Let the dead bury the dead, they will come out in droves
But take the spade from my hands and fill in the holes you've made

But plant your hope with good seeds
Don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds
Rain down, rain down on me 

I see this song as a dialogue between God and us as humans.. I think what the band is trying to portray how God longs for a relationship with us. 

I think the first two verses show God sitting and talking to us. He's broken because we, as a sinful being, left Him. He's on his knees wishing we would accept our call and love Him. "God our Savior . . . desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2:3-4).  

He's hurt as he says our faith in Him seems to be in shreds. Which breaks my heart. Because I relate.. I know that so many times I've lacked in faith and haven't trusted that God would come through for me.cYet all He's done is that, and He's done so much for us! But no matter how many times He blesses us, we still don't appreciate or give our faith to such an awesome God! 

The next verse God begins to talk about how we have been corrupted by the riches and the things of the world. Once again disappointing Him because His call to us is Matthew 6:20 "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."  and then He begins to tell us that He can see our heart and that we do love Him, but we don't show it..do you ever feel like you know that love the Lord, but you feel guilty because you don't always show it to Him like you know you should? I know I do. I know that the Lord wants a relationship with me, and I want one with Him, but sometimes I don't show My Savior that. I'm only willing to give Him so much of my life, and thats something I have to work on constantly is setting aside my time each day to spend with my Lord. God continues to cry out to us. Begging for us to have that relationship with Him.

And then the next part I think is where the back and forth between man and God begins. God starts by saying "but plant your hope with good seeds, don't cover yourself with thistle and weeds." I think this is referring to the parable of the sower of the seeds in Matthew 13:3-10  "Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.  And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.  Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.  But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

This describes what I see this meaning, God does not want to rely on the things of this world, and wither away and be devoted followers only for a short time. He wants us to invest the time in with Him so we will grow and flourish for Him.  This is where I think the man becomes broken by the humbleness and grace of God and starts asking God to take reign over him and rain down on me. I think God then replies and says be still, and says He will wait on the man. Which is a perfect image of the love of God. No matter how many times we screw up or leave Him, God will always take us back and forgive us.

The next verse is mostly the man talking to God and saying I just wanted you to listen. and God responds with the verse Luke 9:60 "And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”  

I think the last part is the man repeating what God has previously spoken to him. He's repented and seen what He should do and has decided to pick up his cross and follow the Lord and asks for Him to continually rain down on me.

-Thats my little...or not so little tid bit. If you get the chance, you should listen to this song. When I listen I see a picture of God walking and talking to this man, and being a friend. Such a moving image to me. It opens up a new perspective that many have never viewed before. We never will truly know just how much God loves us. But I think songs like this give us a slight view of how strongly God longs for us to have a desire to love and spend time with Him.. Thanks for reading. 

Kaleigh :)