Monday, July 13, 2020

When the harvest comes

Haiku for judging

The kingdom of God,
what is it like? A story
agricultural.

An enemy comes
by night, sows weeds with the wheat,
and then goes away

Good mixed with the bad,
how quick we are to rush in;
how quickly we judge.

Growing together,
weeds and wheat: strange companions,
until the harvest.

Take time, seek the fruits;
these alone will determine
what is good and bad.

Jesus sows the seeds,
the children of the kingdom
produce righteous fruit.

Judgement is waiting
for the children of darkness
at the age’s end.

The righteous will shine
like the sun in God’s kingdom.
Do not wait to shine.


© Ken Rookes 2020

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