A Time to Gather

A time to gather, a time to reap
the fruits we’ve planted, hoping to bear peace.
The seeds have fallen so many months ago:
the harvest of our life will come.In tenderness is life’s beauty known;
and as we listen the morning star will shine.
The days go by; why not let them be filled
with new and surprising joy?

A time for kneading love’s leaven well,
to open up and go beyond ourselves;
and as we reach for this moment, we know
that love is a gift born in care.

A time for hoping and being still,
to go on turning away from brittle fear.
A time to come back with all of one’s heart
and bending to another’s call.

This is our journey through forests tall;
our paths may differ; and yet among them all
life’s dreams and visions sustain us on our way,
as loving gives birth to joy, gives birth to joy.

-by Gregory Norbert found in Celtic Daily Prayer

(This book has blessed me so much this past year. I am always finding something new that I never knew was there before. This passage was one of my recent discoveries in searching for readings that pertained to the theme of harvest. Rather fitting to post it just before Thanksgiving, don’t you think? : )