Promptly Poetry Challenge 2023/2024

Week 7 "Ready for Harvest"

Gazing into the field
A lovely harvest to view,
The Farmer is pleased with the bounty,
And taking it up he'll pursue.

Jesus shows us this story
To help the disciples see;
That lost people are the harvest
And the reaping shall set them free.

Be about the Father's business,
Gathering in the sheaves;
Before judgement's set upon us
And the time for mercy leaves.

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image: "close-up of wheat in field" Your poem must be a minimum of 12 lines.

inspiration ▼

34 “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them. 35 “Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, and then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open[a] your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready[b] for harvest. 36 The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together".