Leavened by Nature

Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. "The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.' " He spoke to them in another parable. "The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened."

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world.

Consideration: Once again Jesus speaks in parables to the crowds. Many of his parables speak of sowing seeds in good soil and the abundance it brings forth. The mixing of yeast with the flour and how it becomes leavened. It is clear to see through these words of Jesus; all of these require the gifts of the earth that come from God; and the labor of man to bring forth the abundance of all good things that we are blest with in our lives. The natural order of things is truly a blessing from our Father. Amen.