Sunday Reflection (March 23, 2025)

Sunday Reflection upon Luke 13:1-9 

God takes deliberate steps to nurture us to repentance and fruitfulness, patiently guiding us toward a life of righteousness and love. But there is a limit. We bring misery to ourselves and others when we fail to take responsibility for our sins and failures and do not repent. Once we have done something, it cannot be undone. We cannot change the past but improve the present and future. We can foster healing and restoration with God’s grace and guidance, which is his direction and support in our journey of repentance.

God grants us opportunities for spiritual growth in love, kindness, and mercy to bring healing and restoration to our relationships and as much healing and restoration as possible to the world of conflict, warfare, and division. God has given us time in the hope that we will bear fruit. God works with us to wake us out of our slumber, our state of spiritual complacency or inaction, so that we rise and take action that leads to repentance.