History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.
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"Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness" (James 3:18)
We lay down our seeds in the dark. Spring has been exceptionally cold this year. Reluctant daffodils have done little to convince me. But we do the work of the faithful farmer, rising in the pre-dawn hours. It is a chosen hiddenness, a subtle stretching over time, ear bent to listen to the ground, ready for instruction. Slow rhythmic movements are best. Sometimes we simply show up, holding borrowed pain, applying tears or not. With a gentle but demanding attention to detail, we prepare the soil. We plant. We wait.
~ Nancy Thomas from "Secret Sowers" in CLOSE TO THE GROUND