There is this natural law in life that others will do unto us what we have done to them, that what goes around comes around and that we reap what we sow.
Depending on how we look at it, that may be call retribution or it may be called affirmation.
In the 1st reading, king David committed two serious offences.
He committed adultery with Uriah's wife and then he plotted to get Uriah killed in battle so as to cover up his adultery.
But as the story goes further, king David will have to face up to what he had done. He will have to face the retribution for his offences.
In the gospel, Jesus told two parables about the kingdom of God. Both had the imagery of seeds being sown.
The seeds germinated and grew to bear a harvest and to beautify the world.
In life, we either sow seeds of love and affirmation, or we sow weeds of sin and retribution
May we always choose to sow seeds of love, for we will reap what we sow.