The farmer

After I John 1:5-2:2

The farmer broke the landscape,

digging up rocks, cutting trees,

removing stumps, contouring hills

until the land, the soil

was ready, prepared, waiting.

The farmer himself waited,

knowing the time would come

for the planting of the seed.

The farmer had completed

his task, assigned: to prepare

a way for the seed.

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It is a good work

After Philippians 1:9-11

It is a good work

he began, a seed

he planted, a spirit

he placed in you,

your heart and mind

and soul, and he waters

it and he feeds it,

he shines the sun upon it,

he cares for it, his own

personal garden, designed

to grow and bloom, part

of the other gardens,

reconstructing another garden,

the first, created to bring

beauty, to amaze with wonder,

until the time it is completed,

a finished work.

To be confident in this

is to confer a blessing.

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