The harvest is much more plentiful!
10 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[a] others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’-Luke10:1-9
Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest, the
Master of Vocations. He chooses people for the Religious and Clergy,
for Single-Blessedness or for Married Life. Sometimes we wonder why
others are single, why others are married, why others enter the
religious life or clergy. Such is life! We are brought by the Holy
Spirit to where we should be.
Mysterious still is the way He chose
His disciples and followers. A fisherman? A zealot? A tax collector?
Loud and bold brothers? A prostitute? A would-be betrayer? A
persecutor and murderer? Not really the cream of the crop, but that's
the way of Jesus - mysterious, hidden, passive, full of surprises.
Notice that during His passion and at the final moment of His life,
He never rejected anybody nor condemned them. If so, who are we also
to condemn or reject anybody just because of their background or
sinfulness? Is their limit to our capacity to forgive?
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kaptainmyke (Cream of the Crop Vintage)
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