Thursday, May 14, 2009

In the Garden




I labor in the vineyard


barefoot and bare-souled


clinging to the tools I'm given


with a weak and trembling hold,




waiting to lay the world aside,


my mind on the din and clutter,


hoping for some small simple relief


in a promised world, new and better.




As my bruised knees hug the soil,


as my fingers bleed and toil,


as I tend both petal and thorn,


a seedling of new faith is born.




And as His Spirit soothes my pain,


as He cools my sweat with rain,


as His hand encloses mine,


it's easier to tend the vine.

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