Pastor's sermon is based on the gospel reading. Jesus tells a story about a tree that, in all justice, ought to be cut down. Yet a servant pleads, “Master, give it some more time.” And that’s what you call grace. Our gracious God is patient. Grace is a special blessing when you have yet to bear the good fruit God expects from you; or when you have yet to take root; or when you haven’t yet come to blossom into what God created you to be. In such times, God’s delay is God’s gift. There’s still time.
