A sower went out to sow....

To look is one thing. To see what you look at is another. To understand what you se is a third. To learn from what you understand is still something else. But to act on what you learn is all that matters.

Jesus said a commendable remark to the scribe, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” The scribe is neither “far” or ‘near” from the Kingdom of God. He is rather “not far” from the Kingdom of God.

Loving requires no minimum requirement. It is always two dimensional – love of God and love of neighbor. The scribe in the Gospel excellently expounded his understanding on the commandment. However, the commendation of Jesus seemingly suggests that verbalization is not enough. It involves concretization of what we learn. We should act on what we learn.

Our Gospel today reminds us of our attitude towards our identity as Christians, that we are loved, loving and lovable children of God. It is definitely good to hear, very well said. But is it well done?

Love is and should never be floating in the air. Christians love should be concretized and lived out. Words will only remain as words if we just keep them in our minds. But words concretized in day-to-day actions are life-giving words, words that heal and words that bring us near to the Kingdom of God.

A father had three men put on a contest as to who will win the heart of his daughter. One man recited a haunting poem to which the father said, “Well said.” The other quoted a portion of songs of Songs in the Bible ad adapted it in a poem for the woman. The father said, “Very clever! Well said!” The third man was nowhere to be found. Looking out at the window, the father saw him watering the garden and chopping wood for his daughter. The father said, “Well done!”

What is better than well said? Well done!