Potential... what can we become in the hands of the Creator?
From grains of wheat, waiting till sun warmed and ready to be transformed to bread that nourishes.
It is only by the rough breaking of the wheat worked and ground by careful hands that it can become useful flour kneeded together to become whole, warm, complete.
In the wheat and bread, a reflection, mirroring the challenges of life and the hope of nourishing others in the end. -LBS
Thanks, Laurie, for your comment. I always thought of bread nourishing me, not me, as bread, nourishing others. But isn't that what we do as preachers? Working on the sermon is allowing God to grind us, knead us, and bake us so that we can nourish others.
I love loaves of crusty bread. A slice of drab white bread doesn't hold a candle to it.
Potential...
ReplyDeletewhat can we become
in the hands of the Creator?
From grains of wheat, waiting
till sun warmed and ready
to be transformed to bread that nourishes.
It is only by the rough breaking of the wheat
worked and ground by careful hands
that it can become useful flour
kneeded together to become
whole, warm, complete.
In the wheat and bread,
a reflection,
mirroring the challenges of life
and the hope of nourishing others in the end.
-LBS
Thanks, Laurie, for your comment. I always thought of bread nourishing me, not me, as bread, nourishing others. But isn't that what we do as preachers? Working on the sermon is allowing God to grind us, knead us, and bake us so that we can nourish others.
ReplyDeleteI love loaves of crusty bread. A slice of drab white bread doesn't hold a candle to it.