A day of contemplation

Great day learning to be contemplative. There's a long way to go!

I wrote a reflection...

This blackberry bush Lord, wow!
How intricate, how beautiful.
It speaks of growing into more than we are right now
It speaks of the formation of all your loved ones

Some fruits are tender and juicy, ripe for picking
Their taste spreads your word
Taste and see that the Lord is good

Others are beginning to change
Green, red, black in one fruit
We're like that aren't we?
Mature bits and others less so
And some bits have a fair way to go
We're a work in progress
Good isn't finished with us yet

Still others are small, hard and green
Is easy to bypass them
Not give them a second look
But there is still fruit growing here
Time is all it needs and its life giving branch
As long as it is nurtured it will grow

Yet another shows nothing but a bud
Nothing good there then
But wait, it is a bud full of potential
Full of life waiting to burst forth
It mustn't be overlooked but nurtured like the others

How like a fruit we are Lord
All made in the same image
Yet all unique
All with the same potential
Yet at different stages
All lovingly created
Yet not all recognised for their true worth

Help me Lord to recognise each person's true worth