Sunday 21 February 2016

Lent 2. 21st February Think of the Owner of the Garden as God

21st February
(C) Br. Luke Efo 2010

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9
Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Yeshua answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?  I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.  Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?  I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.  He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’  He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilise it.  If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’ ”


Reflection:
Think of the Owner of the Garden as God, Jesus as the Gardner and ourselves as the Fig Tree. Sometimes in the way we live our lives, or our vocations, we can/could just be wasting the soil. Yet if we allow Jesus to nurture us, we will find that we can produce a harvest. It can be a plentiful harvest, but we will have to trust and allow the fertilising, the nurturing, to take place. This often means letting go of our egos, and this can be hard. Consider though, the alternative is not really a place of happiness.

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