Tag: surrender

2015.08.10: the reluctant seed

Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. – 2 Cor 9:6

i am sorry, Lord
i have sowed sparingly
fearful of failing among
the proliferating weeds
i refrained from sowing
all that you have given

forgive me, Lord
i understand now
this is the last season
there will not be another
i have emptied the barn
all has been gathered
and sown …

“Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” = Jn 12:24

all that is left now
the first and last seed
come holy breath
you’ve brought me here
so many years ago
come take me now
to my resting place

2015.06.17: paradox

Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you, so that in all things, always having all you need, you may have an abundance for every good work.- 2 Cor 9:8

everything i have
has been given unto me
 
but i’ve gained only
that which i’ve given away
 
that to which i clinged
i have lost along the way
 
all that remains now
giving freely of myself