I am not a very good seed sower. I planted seeds too late for them to blossom for my wedding last year and I've had rocket seeds for two months now and not planted until this Friday. However, I did write a poem based on a study of the Parable of the Sower a while back. Enjoy the terrible rhyming in places!
Here was a poem I wrote for the church magazine on what I learnt as a result of a homegroup study of Mark 4: 1-25, the Parable of the Sower.
The Evangelist, he knows and loves the word, God’s love is at his heart.
He longs the world to know Jesus, so he tells of Him near and far.
He, like a farmer, carries the seed, to tell, to share to sow.
To proclaim Jesus Christ and His death and rising so people can to him flow.
Some people hear the word quite quick, but Satan he is a sneak
He steals it away, tries to harden hearts and Jesus they wont yet seek.
The next who hear the truth of love dwell in places of difficult hardship.
They hear the word and at once rejoice, yet that seed, they will not stick.
For they have not persevered, prayed or learnt the Word of Him who they did seek.
So when come worries, grief and greedy desires, then out they start to creep.
Yet there are some seeds, they find a place where good soil is a-plenty
The number of followers and believers will grow to 100 x 120
“But what,” you cry, “is that excellent soil, that helps a Christian to grow?”
Then listen to God and stay with Him and you will surely know.
I will be able to share, rejoice, to shout, of Jesus Christ the King
If I read my bible daily and take my path from God’s Word that is within.
We have a fellowship in Church with bonds of God’s great love.
Our friends and teachers there we meet, to keep our minds on Him above.
But it doesn’t stop Sunday, ye, we can learn and grow much more mid-week
At home groups who share together the Bible, so the Word starts to really speak.
Opportunities to meet and share the love add yet more vital nutrients.
We’ll stand firm in the face of difficulty as heavenly armour grows in defence.
Yet fundamental is when we speak to God, it helps our day prepare.
To ask for guidance, strength and courage: YES our daily prayer.
The Holy Spirit it binds all these and everyone it inspires
When evangelising, call upon Him to light your Christ-like fire.
But no Christian tree of any kind can survive without the sun,
It’s all because of God that we survive, so we must put our trust in the SON!
KAG 9/12/09