Now What Can I Do With This

 

The point is this:

whoever sows sparingly

  will also reap sparingly,

and whoever sows bountifully

  will also reap bountifully.

            2 Corinthians 9. 6

(God has granted to each of us

  a patch of sacred ground

  to nurture and sow.

We sow, we water,

  and God brings the growth

often in ways

      we will never grasp.

It is not just what we do,

    but how we do it

    and why we do it.

Faithfulness keeps plowing,

even what appears

     to be barren

because God has placed us

     right here and right now.

What is my heart in this?

Do we see these circumstances,

this rock-hard soil,

this fruitless countryside,

this concrete jungle

   as an opportunity

   to sow with joy?

God transforms

          the landscape.

Surrounded by sheer lack,

and undaunted by circumstances,

my grandmother would say,

"Now what can we do

             with this."

She made plants to grow

  in impossible places.

She did the same

           with souls.)

O LORD,

Grant to us generous hearts

that we may see

not just something different,

    but how to respond differently.

May we be faithful to You

  in whatever the task,

knowing that You are working

  on a much deeper level.

Please help us to take

    one generous step today,

knowing that generosity

        begets generosity.