Even When We Don't Know How

 

...the seed sprouts

       and grows,

he knows not how.

        Mark 4. 27

(We scatter the seed,

nurture our patch of ground,

water, and pull up weeds,

but God brings His growth,

      sometimes fruit

      we don't even recognize,

and casts His glory all over it.

We have no idea

      how He will use us,

planting a seasonal crop

  or a forest of Sequoias.

But we can be faithful.

Right here,

         in the now

and in what is about to emerge.)

O LORD,

You change the landscape

    of our circumstances.

You have placed us

  in these situations

  to repair and restore

     and scatter seeds

    of hope and grace.

No ground is too hard or fallow

      that cannot bear fruit.

And only You can bring it.

Redeem, Almighty One,

    our work for Your glory,

even when we

         don't know how.