Mark 4:21-34
"...With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable will we use for it? It is like a mustard seed..."
Really? A mustard seed? When Jesus first draws upon the parallel of a mustard seed to the kingdom of God it feels not only inadequate, but disappointing. Though just as we are left pondering how a mustard seed could possibly equate to the kingdom of God Jesus goes onto say this, "...when sown upon the ground, [it] is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
Really? A mustard seed? Yes. A mustard seed. So often the kingdom of God is seen and felt in the small things. The seed is planted in the small things, cultivated in the culture of the small things, and grows into a big thing as a means to support the further planted seeds.
How can you plant a mustard seed during the season of Lent?
Sower of all seeds, your mustard seed has been planted in us. Amen.
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