The Gospel of Mark 4:26-27

What is God trying to show us when we go through hard times? That we are picked for His purpose! Author Mel Menzies knows only too well about pain and suffering, having lost a daughter to drug addiction, been married to an adulterous husband and suffered since birth with an undiagnosed disease. In this study she shows how we can still bear fruit during the hard times.

Discover how a small garden in Quebec taught me profound lessons about faith and patience. Through my gardening experience, I explored spiritual growth and understood the power of perseverance. This story is an inspiring journey into a deep understanding of the kingdom of God and the patience required for the harvest of its fruits.

God does not always arrive with clarity or certainty. Often, God is already here — unnoticed, unannounced, woven into the ordinary. This three-day plan draws on poems from Unfinished Faith, with each day offering a poem, a reflection, Scripture, and a question to sit with. These days are not about striving or insight. They are about attention. About staying. About learning to notice what is already present. You can return to this plan whenever you need to come back to where you are—and to God, here.

At the core of it, discipleship is taking care of and tending all the things Jesus commanded us. Yet how can we know what to do if we don't know His words? That is why we're exploring all of Jesus' words across the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Each day includes a Bible narration from Ps Mark Varughese of the words of Jesus. NOTE: the translation used in the narration is the New King James Version.