No Insignificant Stuff of the Ordinary

 

...in order that

we may bear fruit for God.

         Romans 7. 4

That is why we are here

in this rock-hard place,

this barren landscape,

in what we see as wilderness,

  or even the time of our lives. 

Ultimately,God's purpose is that

we may sow and

     nurture souls.

.Not based on our comfort

       or successes,

power, possessions

           or prestige.

Not even in what we have done,

  but what God is doing

          through us.

Nothing random at all.

There is no insignificant stuff

            of the ordinary

   but only the eternal.

Bearing fruit always exceeds

          our lifetimes.

Every seed, even the tiniest,

    can produce a forest of sequoias.

In what does God want us

       to bear fruit today?

              Everything.

O LORD,

We see a difficult situation.

You see immense opportunity.

We see a barren landscape.

You are awed by the beauty.

Help us to see You differently

   so that we see our lives,

our work, our selves and others

    with bushel baskets ready.

We sow. We nurture.

But You, Almighty One,

      bring the fruit to it.

Even in this.  Even today.