Harvest Time

Joan Chittister writes:

"Life is a thing of many stages and moving parts. What we do with ease at one time of life we can hardly manage at another. What we could not fathom doing when we were young, we find great joy in when we are old. Like the seasons through which we move, life itself is a never-ending series of harvests, a different fruit for every time."

An old, familiar, and often heard axiom in our family is "You reap what you sow." I am thankful that the Master Gardener tills the fertile soil of our souls. I pray that my life will reveal the harvest that God intended and ask for help for those times I have selected weak or diseased seeds and nurtured them rather than the seeds of love, grace and his word, so freely offered.

(Today's artwork is a bookmark from the Fall of 1997 - an oldie, but a longtime favorite. I used to make bookmarks all the time and pass out to friends. I have always done some form of art, whatever that particular time in my life allowed).