What does it mean to have a second chance? Have you ever received a second chance that really made a difference in your life? Have you ever extended to someone a second chance?

Have you ever wasted a second chance? What were the consequences?

God is a God of second chances. Motivated by unconditional love, He continues to extend to us chance after chance to change our heart and make our way home. But God will never force us to make this choice; He is too respectful of our freedom to invade it with His Will. But these second chances do not go on forever!

The parable of the fig tree is terrifying. The tree is full of leaves but that’s not what it meant to produce. It’s a fruit tree and only by its fruit it can be evaluated. After three years the tree looks good, but it’s barren. The owner of the land makes a difficult choice: cut it down. By the intercession of the gardner the tree gets another chance — one more year to yield fruit.

How does the story end? Although the Gospel text continues, this week we are not given the end because we can make our own. We cannot avoid thinking about our own lives and all the second chances that God has given us. Have we all taken them and use them appropriately? Or wasted? What would happen to us if this was our last year here on earth?

The Gospel is always good news, even when the message it contains may scare us. God is constantly giving His life to us. How are we going to receive this message? Are we going to let Him transform us?

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