Artist Of The Group" [Module #37C] (Matt. 13:24-52)

Growth, ah growth! Such hopes we hold within
Our hearts as writers as our work begins;
May readers hold with good and faithful hearts,
The seeds we plant, as words from us depart.

God’s words are seeds, and so are people too;
Words grow in us and then come into view
As they mature, bear fruit, we travel ’round
As seeds ourselves, received in well-plowed ground.

Our soul-soil needs good working in the spring;
Sometimes that work is done through words we bring
To others, as they read augmented text –
Word-pictures sometimes render soil the best.

When story’s used like fruit to carry seed,
Be sure to give the readers story key,
So understanding grows as they move ’round
To find that key – success when it is found.

Some seeds take time to grow, to ripen up,
So give them space – relief in message tough
Through laughter, jest, and plays on words – have fun,
So they’ll take hold, pass on when they are done.

Good editing removes unwanted seed,
But still it’s mixed with sad unwanted weeds,
For half a book, a poem, or a pix
Is all we give – the rest they bring to fix –

The story up the way they hear it said;
That’s fine – present the book to them as read,
Then let the wheat and tares in end divide
As God knows best – in reader He’s inside.

Bad seed grows well – in ways just like the good;
No fruit, bad fruit – despite the fruit you would
Have grown in readers – see, then laugh it off,
It’s not for them, ignore how they will scoff –

And write some more – there’s treasure in the field,
And pearls of value, revenue they’ll yield;
That’s why our Lord is treasure-hunting type,
And does His work sometimes through what we write.

So skip the glitter, power, alure, success,
In kingdom of the world – it’s so much less;
For wealth and poverty have downside parts,
And world has strongholds where each demon starts –

To play its games and wreak destruction deep;
So skirt that stuff, in writing strive to keep
Your mind in Christ, as you come off the loop,
And take your place as artist of group.

Thanks Lord for this.

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