Harvest Blessings!
Bean Fields Awaiting The Harvest In Klossner, Minnesota
“Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God will bless us.”
Psalm 67:6
It is the beginning of October and the harvest is in full swing. In the communities that surround Fields of Grace Lutheran Parish, the parish which I serve, farmers are combining beans and corn, and the rich fertile farm land is yielding its harvest. This is indeed a season of blessing, and God has blessed the farmers in our community with beautiful weather for the harvest.
As planting season is a time of promise, harvest season is a time of promises received. In the springtime, farmers tucked seeds into soil, with a hope that God would provide the right amounts of moisture, nutrients, warmth and sunshine so that the seed that were sown would sprout and grow and produce full pods and ears. Now it is autumn, and farmers make their way into the fields to glean the harvest, hoping that the promise of that which was planted months ago might result in an abundant harvest blessing.
In the springtime and in the autumn, we witness the movement of faith. In the spring as crops are being planted, faith is seen in what God can and is able to do. A miracle occurs under the soil, as the seed dies and becomes a sprout. A miracle occurs as sprouts push though the earth and become stalks. A miracle occurs when the stalks produce an ear, or a pod, or a head and the grain begins to fill out and grow. As autumn arrives, faith is seen in promises fulfilled. Faith is lived out as the harvest is gathered, as gratitude is expressed, and as gifts of harvest are shared. A miracle happens in the autumn as well, it is the miracle of death, as the stalk yields to the combine, as grain is shaken loose from ear, or pod, or head. A miracle occurs as the earth is given the gift of a Sabbath, as it will soon sleep under winter’s blanket of white.
In this harvest time, we see God at work. God is at work blessing the harvest with a promise kept, that seed moves from sprout to stalk to grain. God is at work blessing the harvest with abundance, one seed becomes many in the harvest. God is at work as the harvested crop makes another transformation into bread, which feeds the world. God is at work, as harvest blessings abound!
Just another Passing Thought!
Tags: Autumn, Corn, Faith, Fields of Grace, Harvest, Soybeans
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October 5, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Great one Todd!
October 5, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Yes, God does know what he is doing. In everything that he does.