30 "How can we picture God's kingdom? What kind of story can we use? 31 It's like a pine nut. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, 32 yet once it is planted it grows into a huge pine tree with thick branches. Eagles nest in it.”
The Kingdom of God seems terribly insignificant and insufficient in the affairs of the world, yet it has the dynamic that can make the difference even in our world.
That dynamic is the love of God as known in Jesus Christ. A love which is individual and universal. “If Christianity doesn’t begin with the individual it doesn’t begin; but if it ends with the individual, it ends.”
The parable of the “pine nut” (mustard) seed reminds us that God often works God’s purposes out through the insignificant. In the Kingdom of God, it is not bigness which counts, but making a difference in someone’s life.
"All gestures of love,
however small they be,
in favor of the poor and
the unwanted, are
important to Jesus."
Mother Teresa
Prayer thought for the week: “Lord, it sometimes seems like it is too small to make a difference -my smile, my kind word, my gift. Help me remember
that no matter how small, it counts in your eyes, and makes a difference.”
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