Sowing the Seed

Today's Gospel focusing on the mustard seed along with the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, reminds us of how God works...small seeds first, patient tilling and then harvest.  We might find the most difficult phase in the "patient tilling", for we seem to be programmed for quick results, even more so these days of fast and faster internet service and instant communication.  The mustard seed, like any other, needs time to reach its destined stature, and so do we.  Looking back at our lives, we see that the seeds were there all the time but we certainly were much different then than we are now as adults. We have to admit that without those seeds we would not be who we are.
Timothy was a young man brought up by a Jewish mother who had converted to Christianity.  She taught him carefully about Scripture and the teachings of Jesus, but when he met Paul and became his associate, he learned much more and grew accordingly to the point where he became the Bishop of Ephesus and eventually a martyr.  Titus, another convert, through Paul's guidance came to full stature and became the Bishop of Crete. The seeds had been planted early and bore fruit in due time.
So too with us and those with whom we associate...opportunities arise, present choices for growth and eventually we produce the fruit for which we were destined in God's plan, even before we were conceived.  Let us renew our trust in God and our commitment to allow the seed he planted in us to grow and blossom.
Bro. Rene