This year, the EPW (Eastridge Presbyterian Women) studied a PW Horizons Bible Study entitled Let Justice Roll Down. Lesson nine was Sustaining Creation’s Health for All. One part of that lesson began, "sowing a seed is an act of faith. It’s not a tremendous one, but some of us who have planted seeds have seen too many fail to take the process for granted."
Since we are worshiping as a child this summer, my mind took that idea one step further. Much like a seed, a child grows. First a healthy cry, a tender grin, then a chuckle and a reaching out for you. A love you can never forget. Then that child grows into teenager years and just as you begin to lose hope, they become adults. You may find them holding your hand now and making sure you are all right and upright.
In the same way that you look at that growing seed with awe, you find God folding you in his arms and holding you tight as you watched that child grow into adulthood. In fact, God watches over our coming in and our going out. I hope he does for it takes more faith for me to sow that seed or plant that plant these days. I watch as each young plant becomes mature and blooms just as I watched that child become a lovely adult with God’s love.
Standing back in awe, I worship and thank God as each child I know becomes an adult and each seed becomes a living organism, part of God’s creation.
The following prayer was the prayer used for lesson nine.
Prayer: God who creates and recreates, renew our vision and invigorate our souls, that we may both see and seek the world you desire for all. Help us translate hope into daily actions in the corner of the earth that we call home. Amen
Carolyn Olsen
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