Bearing Fruit

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 

Bearing Fruit

Gracious and Loving God
you have planted us very deep
in warm soil with good food
yet we are so daily distracted.

The scorching sun of illness
the long dry days of isolation
this season of quarantine
has left us feeling most bereft.

Yet, here you are among us
tending the trees and the weeds
propping us up and watering
giving us sustenance for today.

Let us rejoice in here and now
in our small contained gardens
let us be fruitful and kind
bearing love daily to our world. Amen