The unstoppable power of God

 In yesterday's Gospel, Jesus says: “the Kingdom of God is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour ’til it was leavened all through.”

A few months ago, Dr. Jessie Rodgers,
the Scripture scholar broke open this parable for us. Do you know how much 3 measures of flour is? Well, I did not. It is enough to make 52 loaves of bread!
Dr. Jessie does the Parables of Jesus with children sometimes and the comment of one little girl on the 52 loaves of bread was – “ that Mammy must have had very greedy children”! What strikes you I wonder? Maybe that the good woman must have had strong arms to mix that amount of flour? What grips me is that a tiny bit of yeast could make 52 loaves of bread rise. Our young sister makes a large loaf of yeast bread and I love to see it swelling up.
But what is so much more awesome is that Jesus uses that image of the tiny bit of yeast when He wants us to discover the wonder of the Kingdom of God’s lov
e and goodness. Yes and He tells us it is within you and me, in our little lives – this unstoppable power of God’s love. Isn’t it a most encouraging image to latch on to when the news is full of wars and rumours of war and hatred. The love of God, the yeast of God is rising up in us to create a new world of goodness and justice and peace.
See this little true story sent to us and you’ll get a flavour of God’s yeast:
This five-year-old girl from South Africa, the daughter of a single mother, was sent to the store to buy a loaf of bread. On her way back, a stranger took her photo, and it went viral on social media, capturing her pure joy.
Under public pressure, the bread company made her the brand ambassador. Her photo is now on billboards advertising bread across South Africa. In return, the mother/daughter duo received a two-room house, and the company will also provide the girl's education expenses until graduation.
So take heart and rejoice. The yeast of God’s kingdom of love and goodness is rising up unstoppable in human hearts.

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