Can you see the harvest to come?
“…the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy.” Psalm 65:13
Lord of the Harvest,
In this season of harvest,
May we join together
with the hills and the meadows and the valleys,
shouting and singing for joy.
Yes, it’s true, we don’t always see the bounty
described in Psalm 65
on this broken earth:
crops wither under drought and frost,
forests and trees are devastated
by wildfires and hurricanes,
and yet we know a day is coming
when you will crown creation
“with your bounty,”
when your paths will “overflow with abundance” (Psalm 65:11).
We look forward to the day we will gather
in your restored creation,
in the new heavens and the new earth,
and we will see how you have sustained us all along,
not just spiritually, but also physically.
We look forward to the day
when you will “make the going out of the morning
and the evening to shout for joy” (Psalm 65:8).
We look forward to the day
when we will join with all of creation
in awe of the “awesome deeds” you have done (Ps. 65:5).
In Jesus’ restoring name. Amen.
Read Psalm 65.
