The rose bushes have a new vigour and freshness in the recent weeks!
The waiting is over and soon the garden would have fragrant flowers !
There is an expectancy and anticipation!
I feel carried away by what it might be to see, if all the twenty rose bushes in the garden bloom together!
The parable of Jesus of Nazareth in Mark's gospel chapter 4, verses 26-29 reveals the mystery of growth and fruit bearing.
" The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil, and goes to bed at night, and gets up by day, and seed sprouts up and grows- how, he himself does not know. The soil produces crops by itself, first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. But when the crop permits he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come ".
The central theme of this parable is the suggestion of the mystery of growth!
During the recent months, I have had opportunities to listen to parents who shared their thoughts about their concerns about their children. They are intrigued by the mystery of transitions in the lives of children!
One parent was moved deeply by the thoughtfulness that their five year old son conveyed on his fifth birthday. He preferred to visit the children's home and be with the children there instead of a regular party at home! That is what they did!
I was curious to know how the parents celebrated their birthdays. On the father's birthday, the family visited the senior citizen's home and took food and gifts. On the mother's birthday, the family had the domestic helpers's family to come over to spend the evening with the family!
Thoughtful parents beget a thoughtful child!
The soil of the home above was genuinely blended with thoughts for people who were different from them !
The thoughts and acts of kindness towards others beyond the family make the soil of home rich with kindness to provide children the nurture to 'love your neighbour as yourself' !
A lot is known as to how we can influence our children in the way they can grow and go!
M.C.Mathew( text and photo)
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