Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 / Matthew 13:31-35
Whenever there is a crisis, one thing will be exposed, and that is a person's character.
Crisis does not build character, but it reveals character.
And when a time comes for accountability and responsibility, that is also where a person’s integrity is revealed.
In the 1st reading, the people sinned against the Lord by worshipping the golden calf.
That grieved Moses, and he went before the Lord to make atonement for the people.
He begged the Lord for forgiveness and he even offered to be punished for the people’s sin.
This Moses was certainly a different man from that young Moses who ran off after he was discovered for killing an Egyptian.
Moses had grown and matured, and in a situation of crisis, accountability and responsibility, his character and integrity were revealed.
May we too grow in character and integrity, so that we can be models and living witnesses of how God’s love has grown in us.