Daily Reflection _ OT _ Let them grow together until harvest

LET THEM GROW TOGETHER UNTIL HARVEST
I would like to start our reflection today with this little prayer: "Lord, may your word take deep root in my heart, that I may bear good fruit for your glory. May I hunger for your righteousness now, so that I may look forward to the day of eternal life with excitement and great joy. Amen."
In the Gospel of Matthew, the image Jesus uses is a common everyday example of planting, harvesting, and sorting the good fruit from the bad. God's word brings life. God will reward each of us by living our lives fully in doing His will and doing good works.
The Parable gives us reason to ponder our tendency to rush to judgement about others.  We must keep in mind that we may always be on someone's  weed list.  It also teaches us that changes can take place during the growth process.  The finished product can turn out to be quite different from the earlier upstart.
In our responsorial psalm we acclaim: "How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God" (Ps 84). May we all live as one in the house of our heavenly Father!