What an example

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today offer some examples of the mystery of the relationship of God and people. The passage from the second Book of Samuel
relates the episode of David's severe transgressions of adultery and murder. The mystery is that the relationship between God and David continues after these events. What is the degree to which humans can deviate from the straight and narrow before God gives up on us? Certainly, our need to be reassured that the love of God is unconditional and full of mercy is addressed by the example of David. The Gospel of Mark presents parables which reveal that the time and amounts by which humans assess progress are not the measures of the Divine. How long will you take, Lord? is an ancient and modern petition. The time is God's domain. The seed planted, however insignificant in our eyes, will under Providence bear the fruit intended. We can reflect on the mustard seed of our own faith. What growth have we experienced this year? this decade? during our life? Our time is not God's time and our ways are not the ways of the Divine. Thank God.