2 Samuel 11:1-17; Ps 51 Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned; Mark 4:26-34
parables, parables, parables. With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it...but to his own disciples he explained everything.
This last line of today's gospel is comforting.
God will speak to us what we need when we need it. We may not get everything, but we will get enough of it to lead us forward a few more paces. In the process of moving forward deeper meaning will come. As we live out our discipleship, them more things will begin to have meaning, we will have arrived at a new layer, a new depth of meaning. The more we follow, the more shall be revealed.
The first parable and the second parable are related. Small things lead to great things. The kingdom is mysterious yet reliable and often very productive. God is faithful and God will act.
We must believe and behave like God will lead us through because he will.
Like the farmer, we know not how the seed grows, we plant it certainly but God then takes over. The fruit shall come and the harvest will arrive.
Like the mustard seed, little things develop over time.
Small beginnings are not terrible but beautiful. Think of food coloring, it is the repeated drops that create the color change. The first drop doesn't do much, but with consistency and patience over time, transformation.
Everything has a beginning, nothing ever merges full grown.
What drops are we adding to the world around us?
Are we believing and behaving like God is in control?
Are we busy with planting seeds, planting them anywhere and everywhere?
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