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J ust as nature teaches us patience, so God's patience also teaches us to guard the word he has planted in our hearts and to beware of the destructive force of sin and evil which can destroy it. God's word brings life, but Satan seeks to destroy the good seed which has been planted in the hearts of those who have heard God's word. God's judgment is not hasty, but it does come. And in the end, God will reward each according to what they have sown and reaped in this life.

GOD BLESS!

Saturday in the 16th Week of Ordinary Time
Exodus 24:3-8
Psalm 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15

M atthew 13:24-30 Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; (25) but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. (26) So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. (27) And the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?' (28) He said to them, `An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, `Then do you want us to go and gather them?' (29) But he said, `No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. (30) Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

Meditation by Don Schwager

W hat can malicious weed-sowing tell us about the kingdom of God? The image Jesus uses here is a common everyday example of planting, harvesting, and sorting the good fruit from the bad. Weeds can spoil and even kill a good harvest if they are not separated and destroyed at the proper time. Uprooting them too early, though, can destroy the good plants in the process.

Just as nature teaches us patience, so God's patience also teaches us to guard the word he has planted in our hearts and to beware of the destructive force of sin and evil which can destroy it. God's word brings life, but Satan seeks to destroy the good seed which has been planted in the hearts of those who have heard God's word. God's judgment is not hasty, but it does come.

And in the end, God will reward each according to what they have sown and reaped in this life. In that day God will separate the evil from the good.

Do you allow God's word to take deep root in your heart?

"Lord, may your word take deep root in my heart and that I may bear good fruit for your glory. May I hunger for your righteousness now that I may look forward to the day of judgment with joy rather than with dismay." # # #

GOD BLESS US ALL!

O Theos Na Mas Evlogisi!
PRAY as if everything depended on HIM. ACT as if everything depended on YOU. – Bobot Apit

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