|
Everything Beautiful -- In Its Time
by Beth LaBuff and God saw that it was good1 Snow-wreathed mountain vistas Maritime seashore Lazuline surf waters Rainforest, plains, and more The heartland in Colombia, Land spanned by the equator, A sun-soaked, fertile valley soil, Plain blessed by the Creator. how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains2 The grower planted manually Sweet grass, the sugarcane. With faith anticipated Life-giving season's rain. A zephyr through the valley, The wispy cane leaves swayed, Joined rhythmic sweet-reed's rattle The valley's serenade. a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot3 Inside the field, a spittlebug Feasted on sugarcane. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner In his candy cane domain. His bug-brain, slightly muddled, Some things he did not know. He thought his frothy spit, not rain, Had caused the cane to grow. Short lifespan of a spittlebug, Just one of Nature's rules. Eventually he lost his spit, He couldn't even drool. as long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease4 The grower set the field afire, Burned-off dead vegetation. Machetes cut the standing cane. Reap--plant, a new rotation. *** Title: Ecclesiastes 3:11 1 Genesis 1:12 2 Hebrews 6:7 3 Ecclesiastes 3:2 4 Genesis 8:22 All NIV Copyright Beth LaBuff 2017 Before Beth LaBuff and her husband, Tilman, moved to the high desert of Arizona, she lived most of her life surrounded by the cornfields of Adair County, Iowa. http://www.faithwriters.com/websites/my_website.php?id=24676 Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |