The Sower

Jesus said, “Hear then the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path. As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet such a person has no root, but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” Matthew 13:18-23


The Sower

We plant but not always harvest
we give love yet it is not returned
we teach yet some do not learn
nothing goes to waste in this garden.

When we take too much others starve
when we leave too much some rot
when we tenderly care there's abundance
when God is among us we thrive.

This garden is never perfected
it is hardscrabble and overgrown
yet the Creator who walks among us
still hopes we will grow up strong.

We strive to tend and to care
to love, forgive and be renewed
for each in their season delights us
each in time gives their all.