The Weed...

At mass yesterday, the Priest spoke of the Matthew gospel where Jesus tells the parable of the wheat and the tares. In this parable, the farmer sowed good seed in his rows, however, when asleep, the enemy came in and sowed weeds in with the good. When they began to grow, the farmer told the workers to let the the wheat and weed, which had become entangled, alone to grow so they didn't in advertently pull up wheat and kill it. He said after threshing, they would seperate them and burn the bad.

That parable tells us how God only sows, or gives us, good things. We often think that God is making bad things happen to us, but really He never sends bad. Because He allows us free will, sometimes we allow the bad in. Sometimes, we invite it. Heck, sometimes we run after it. Sometimes someone else brings it in. Sometimes, when we are not paying attention, it sneaks in...

God has a plan for each of us that is all good! Sometimes we are unhappy waiting or want something different. With everyone going off and making his or her own plans, sometimes bad things result. These are not sent from God to test us, however, He does allow it. Not because He is enjoying it, but because He is our Father...Do we enjoy when our children are hurting or make mistakes, or do we allow some of it knowing they need it to mature and grow. We don't take enjoyment from their suffering. Neither does God. But the only way we ensure that we have all good is when we are sure we are following His plan.

When my older children are really angry, they refer to their younger brothers and sister as "your children" as if by saying that they can be seperate from them. Yes, adopting 7 children into our family makes things more challenging, but Shawn and I are sure we are following God's plan for our lives. Just as we are sure that adopting the three of them were part of His plan. He has assured us that it will all work for His good. Sometimes, however, it just seems like there is no way to make it better and the good starts to look like a weed...being sure that we are doing what is His will is what keeps us going. Sometimes its so hard to tell the wheat from the tares...

At Mass, Father told us something that I didn't believe. I was shocked actually. He said that the Susan B. Koman foundation supported abortions. I had much respect for the Koman people. If anyone said they were doing a walk and wanted a donation and mentioned the Koman foundation, I had no problem whipping out my checkbook. I had to google it when I got home. Here it is...shocking, no...I mean really, no. I was at first, taken aback, but after the things I have learned in the past two weeks, the Breast Cancer support group supporting an organization that provides abortions which are linked to breast cancer is...well, like the peanut butter manufacturer supporting the organization that supports the allergy kids and hands out their epi pens. It is job security. It is a way to conceal negative research results. It is like the wheat and the tare. Sometimes the Evil is hidden so well in the good that we support it without knowing. We fall asleep like that farmer in Matthew...