With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it. (Mark 4:33)
Reflection: Back then, Jesus used familiar farming imagery to get through to his followers about God's order and the future of our lives with God (the Kingdom): scattered, sown, mustard seeds, grain, blades, bushes, branches, birds.
What parables does God use today to communicate the Word to you? Your family. Technology. Nature. One of your hobbies?
It is not likely that God stopped speaking to us in parables. For example, when I look around at the people in Church on Sunday, I used to sit in judgment about many things. But one thing unites us: we all walk through the door as sinners and share that one reason for being there: to bring our weakness humbly before God, grateful for his strength and grace. This is a parable too about the Kingdom.
On the last day, we all walk through the gate into the Lord's embrace. We know not how. We are all taken into His gaze and ordered as He designs. We know not how. Each day He speaks the Word to us as we are able to understand it. Let us observe carefully so as to be prepared for the coming of the Lord.
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