Wheat
and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrows grown.
First
the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear,
Lord
of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.
---Henry Alford, 1844
It doesn’t look like corn. It looks like wide blade grass;
St. Augustine, or maybe Johnson grass. Not like corn. Not at first. But wait.
Just wait. Keep caring for the plant, watering, weeding, tending. And wait. It
doesn’t look like corn at first. But time will tell.
Our own efforts at spreading the good news about God’s lavish gift
of abundant life, and sharing life's rich journey with others, may be like tending that corn. It may not seem like our
efforts are yielding any results. Funny thing is, though, our task is to water, weed, tend, care. And wait. It
may not look like a harvest at first. But time will tell.
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