The wheat and the tares
“Funny the way it isIf you think about itSomebody’s going hungryAnd someone else is eating outFunny the way it is, not right or wrongSomebody’s heart is broken And it becomes your favorite song” ~ Dave Matthews Band Good and bad happens simultaneously. Everything under the sun—and some folks get the good and some the bad, and then vice versa. Life is generally a paradox. All along the way, the journey is laced with offsetting issues. Blessings and setbacks. Challenges and advantages. The encouragement of true friends and the sarcasm of untrue acquaintances. Hurts and soothing comforts. Disappointments, and happy outcomes. Successes and failures. Pain and pleasure. Jesus told a parable that may shed some light on this. The King James version name for this parable is the wheat and the tares’. "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went a