Hindrances to Harvest

Time to sow, and time to reap
– promised; but there’s need, we weep –
war prevents and malice spoils
interrupting harvest toils
and distribution, sharing round
abundant harvest from the ground.

And in your lives, what seeds d’you sow?
What fruit encourage there to grow?
God’s Word is shed abroad to hear
and if it enters in your ear
will nurture fruit for heavenly kingdom,
but some speak blight, good fruit to ruin.

cf the parable of the sower Matthew 13:1-23