Of greater concern to Jesus than religious law was the bringing of people to the fullness of life. However, Jesus’ response to the Pharisees shows that for him human need takes priority over religious law. The Pharisees criticized them for doing this on the Sabbath, because they saw it as a form of reaping and, therefore, a form of work forbidden on the Sabbath. In the gospel reading, Jesus’ disciples were enjoying the fruits of nature, picking ears of corn as they walked through cornfields to satisfy their hunger.
God calls out to us through nature as he calls out to us through one another, especially through the poor and the vulnerable. God spoke to Jesus through nature and God continues to speak to us through nature today. Nature spoke to him of his own mission to bring God’s reign to earth, the farmer sowing his seed, the seed growing secretly in the ground, the planting of a mustard seed, the harvesting of a vineyard, the wild flowers growing in the fields, the birds of the air, and many more such examples. Galilee was a very fertile part of Palestine and it is no surprise that the gospel accounts of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee has him frequently referring to nature. Today’s gospel reading is set within the setting of nature, Jesus and his disciples walking through cornfields. Also, I can’t earn my sponsors love or higher power love… it’s given freely not earned.We are in the Season of Creation which continues until 4th October, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. This is a spiritual program, at the end of the day I can’t work myself into a state of peace and serenity tried that out, didn’t work. But I find that it’s important practice for meetings (when trying to keep my share to 3 minutes and still get my point across) and also for all Step work. Also, concise is hard… communication is hard period. My sponsor told me “I will not ask you to do something I have not done”. No need to win the prize, get an “A” or impress my sponsor. So when I wrote my assignments or answered the questions in the workbook all I was told all I needed were two sentences of reflecting. Sustainable is good because this isn’t a flash in the pan. So now I ask all my CoDA sponsees to be very mindful of the length of responses (not because I’m bored or bothered but because it’s not sustainable, Step work is rigorous where it needs to be). I had to be strongly discouraged from writing more than was asked for. I’ve had many sponsees including myself attempt to write responses/assignments like they are book reports.
When I was a newcomer my sponsors asked me just reach out anyways, leave a message, text me and I’ll get back to I as soon as I can turns out it was still effective. It can’t bother me because as a sponsor I have developed boundaries: when I am unfit/unavailable physically or mentally I will not answer/respond. In my CoDA experience: newcomers reaching out, means I’m working with a newcomer which is service and leads to me getting outside myself for half a second and having a daily reminder that I need CoDA more than I realize. Convos With Newcomers – September 5, 2023
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