Reflection on the Readings – July 26, 2020
Genesis 29:15-28
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
Things that come to mind when reflecting on the readings –
- You don’t always get what you want, or
- What you see is not always what you get, or
- Things are not always what they seem.
Just look at what happened to Jacob … he chose Rachel but woke up with Leah. Life sometimes changes overnight and what we have is not always what we have chosen or asked for.
This is where faith comes in … and we chose, or not, to trust that there is more happening in life than we can see or understand.
Can we look at the mustard seed, the smallest of seeds, and see the mighty tree contained withi9n? Or are we limited to the here and now, the logical and the verifiable?
Things are not always as they seem. A lesson Jacob learned – his wedding night promised one thing, morning light brought another. Leah is not who he chose, expected or wanted – how was God fulfilling His promise?
Somehow, however, we must trust that God is there, like the yeast working to transform flour into bread, leavening, changing, to feed and nourish us. And nothing can separate us from that love.
Just a small amount of yeast has great power. So it is with the treasure of God’s love and the power of sharing that love as Christ teaches us … by sharing that love, we can make a big difference. The leavening, changing power of God’s life is present and active in our lives at all times and it makes no difference whether you see, understand, or believe it. It is already there. The leavening power of God within us can do more than we can ask for or imagine. What we see is not ALL we get … even when things do not go as we hope or imagine they should, the yeast of God’s life, love, presence and healing is working within us to transform and make new our lives. And as we are made new, we can help to do the same for others.
“And he said to them, ‘Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.’”