Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this; The seed is the word of God.
Spring---What a wonderful time of the year in the Ozarks.  All of nature is waking up from it's winter nap and the spring rains will help everything to begin to grow.  It's time again to plant gardens and flowers bulbs for summer.

In 1st Corinthians 3:7 the Word of God tells us that "neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but it is God who gives the increase."  Of course we know that He is talking about Spiritual matters and this gives us an opportunity to see the physical evidence of how God works.  No matter what the season, we need to be planting or watering the Gospel Seed and watch how God causes it to grow.