Our Daily Bread: Rom 8:18-25; Luke 13:18-21

The sufferings of the present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. We all become impatient, even with God. We work and pray for universal concerns like war, poverty and children denied life, or — closer to home — an alienated loved one or a child who has left the church. We donate money, time and skills to healing the ills of the world and our loved ones. When we seem to see no change, we almost despair. But our prayers and sufferings are not in vain. God builds the kingdom through us, quietly, like leavening yeast and germinating seed … but in God’s time.

*Lord, grant us the grace to trust in you, hope in you and love you in all people, for your love’s sake.