Parable of the Mustard Seed

SOOOOOOO.... Long time and no words! Sorry about that, but the last few weeks I have been searching and thinking of a topic on which to write. This past Sunday, God gave me the inspiration that I needed. He brought me a story to inspire my word for the spreaking on the kingdom of God!
Parables, what a wonderful gift from God. We are able to learn so much from the stories that Jesus shared with us so that we can know Him more. Parables are blessings to those with willing ears though. We recognized that when Jesus pulled the disciples to the side and explained by saying,
"Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’ But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it" (Matthew 13:10-17).
In the Parable of the Mustard Seed, we hear about the planting and cultivating of a very small seed. We learn of the stuggles that a seed can have  in growing. The parable can be a wonderful comparision to our daily lives.As the man in the parable plants the seed in the field, so God has planted the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.  It is up to us to find opportunities to cultivate the seed to better spread the word of God.  The growth of the seed is dependent on our efforts in nutrturing and cultivating the seed by particpating in the sacrements. We can constantly renew our efforts in becoming closer to God! It is never to late to ask for forgivness, for that is the beauty in the mercy of God!  As we cultivate this seed in our hearts, we are able to become stronger in spreading the seed for others, so that in turn they can cultivate and spread the word of God with others.
We are all responsible for the cultivation of their seed of the Kingdom of heaven.
I set out this challenge to each and every one of you to seek out ways to cultivate the Kingdom of God in your hearts. I happen to stumble upon a website that gave me a good starting point on how to begin cultivating the Kingdom of God in my heart.
http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/7-spiritual-growth-tips/
You can  visit this site for more in depth explaination, but here is an overview of some ideas!

Hope we see you at come of the Young Adults events that we want to provide so that you can begin or continue the journey of growing that seed of the Kingdom of God!