How to do good? How to live Christ's message here and now? How to be mindful of chosing right actions that nurture goodness, peace and love? Is the world truly sowed with both good and bad seed and must we wait til the end when all is harvested to separate the two?
The Master replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, 'First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.'" (Mt 13:29-30)
It seems to me that mankind has been busy trying to separate the two since our flight from the Garden, from that place of enlightenment which we fell. We are asked to trust that all will be sorted out by God in the end. If i am a master of a field, i sit and let both good and evil grow to fruition. If i am a slave or servant of the master, i trust in his decision and tend both the good and the evil equally, lest i uproot anything good.
Both choices are compassionate and full of wisdom. All i can do is try to sow good seed and tend my field: all i can do is use wisdom when i act to ensure my deeds will be beneficial and full of love because these seeds will grow to produce new fruits and feed many. Evil seeds will grow to, this seems to be surrender, but truly it is wisdom. Not all the actions we choose will always generate equal loving-kindness. Evil is and is tied to this world so long there are those who sow this seed. Yet, there will be no extermination of the whole field, says the master. All will be loved. And at harvest time, the fruits can be clearly seen so that men might choose easily between them. Good fruit will be saved and used to benefit all. The bad fruit, well, there is no need for it so it can be turned into ash and sowed to the wind.
As a servant of the Lord of Light, tending the whole field is turning the other cheek, offering a naked man ones clothes, going the extra mile and having faith that there shall always be enough in life, even some bread and fish left over! I sow my fields with love and wisdom every step of the way, knowing that the fruits of my actions, even when it seems to be looking bad, will bear good fruit.
Deo gratias.
The Master replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest; then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, 'First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.'" (Mt 13:29-30)
It seems to me that mankind has been busy trying to separate the two since our flight from the Garden, from that place of enlightenment which we fell. We are asked to trust that all will be sorted out by God in the end. If i am a master of a field, i sit and let both good and evil grow to fruition. If i am a slave or servant of the master, i trust in his decision and tend both the good and the evil equally, lest i uproot anything good.
Both choices are compassionate and full of wisdom. All i can do is try to sow good seed and tend my field: all i can do is use wisdom when i act to ensure my deeds will be beneficial and full of love because these seeds will grow to produce new fruits and feed many. Evil seeds will grow to, this seems to be surrender, but truly it is wisdom. Not all the actions we choose will always generate equal loving-kindness. Evil is and is tied to this world so long there are those who sow this seed. Yet, there will be no extermination of the whole field, says the master. All will be loved. And at harvest time, the fruits can be clearly seen so that men might choose easily between them. Good fruit will be saved and used to benefit all. The bad fruit, well, there is no need for it so it can be turned into ash and sowed to the wind.
As a servant of the Lord of Light, tending the whole field is turning the other cheek, offering a naked man ones clothes, going the extra mile and having faith that there shall always be enough in life, even some bread and fish left over! I sow my fields with love and wisdom every step of the way, knowing that the fruits of my actions, even when it seems to be looking bad, will bear good fruit.
Deo gratias.
