22. The Sower and the Seed

A sower he went to sow his seed,
He scattered it all around,
Some seed fell on the hardened path,
The birds ate it from the ground.
That’s like God’s word that we hear,
But bounces off our heads,
Cause its filled with the rubbish of the world
And we prefer that instead.

Some seed fell on rocky ground
Where there wasn’t too much soil,
The sun it rose and it scorched them dead
Cause there wasn’t depth at all.
We’re like that when we hear the word,
And we’re mighty thrilled by it,
But when some trouble heads our way,
We just want to quit.

Some seed fell where there were thorns
And it choked the life from them,
They just couldn’t do anything more,
No fruit came from their stems.
They’re many of us that are like these seed
Too enamored by the world,
Wine and women and men and song,
We get hopelessly unfurled.

But some seed felt on soil that was rich
And was fertile to the core,
This seed grew into a mighty tree
And it yielded a big score.
If our hearts are like that soil,
Rich and open and bold,
God will make sure that we will
Bear fruit a hundredfold.

© 2019 Aneel Aranha