Monday, October 30, 2023

Monday Meditation: We Plow The Fields And Scatter

 

"Give us this day our daily bread."
(Matthew 6:11)


Our Daily Bread
John Sloane
American artist
Picture courtesy/John Sloane Art


We plow the fields and scatter

The good seed on the land,

But it is fed and watered

By God's almighty hand;

He sends the snow in winter,

The warmth to swell the grain,

The breezes and the sunshine,

And soft refreshing rain.

He only is the Maker

Of all things near and far;

He paints the wayside flower,

He lights the evening star;

The winds and waves obey Him,

By Him the birds are fed;

Much more to us, His children,

He gives our daily bread.


We thank Thee then, O Father,

For all things bright and good,

The seedtime and the harvest,

Our life, our health, our food;

Accept the gifts we offer

For all Thy love imparts,

And, what thou most desirest,

Our humble, thankful hearts.



"Wir pflugen und wir streuen"
(We Plow The Fields And Scatter)
(1783)
Matthias Claudius
(1740-1815)
German poet and journalist

Translated from German by
Jane Montgomery Campbell
(1817-1878)
English poetess
linguist, musician, and German scholar




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