What We Don't See From Where We Stand

 

...and You renew

      the face of the ground.

             Psalm 104. 30

(No matter how barren it looks,

God is cultivating

       incredible fruit in our lives.

We have seasons of rest,

seasons of visible fruit

      of His Spirit

      and of our labors,

and seasons where

    we take root downward

    and bear fruit upward.

In the pale days of winter

       without signs of life,

the trees are busiest,

             growing their most,

gaining strength

    for the spectacle of spring.)

O LORD,

You bring the growth

    to the landscapes of our lives

that appear on the surface

                  as abandoned.

But You are doing a great

      and mighty work in us

      and through us.

Help us to be patient

          with this season,

eyes open wide

         to sow Your grace

      and cultivate hearts all around us.

Please help us to be faithful

         to Your glory

and generous with Your grace,

knowing You have planted

    something eternal in us.

Renew, O LORD,

    the face of this ground

    in Your timing

    and for Your glory.