Psonnets of Worship
Darkest Harvest

I would not go, O Lord, across the sea
to preach Thy Word to foreigners unknown,
but how I reap now that which I have sown
because the nations all have come to me
to rob my house, my land, my future, free
to take of all which I have built and grown,
which are not mine, but Thine, for all I own
would be forsaken, had I gone for Thee.
Now earthly riches other nations steal,
yet I will preach Thy Gospel to the thieves;
and set before them drink and kneaded meal
out of my poverty, which thieving leaves;
and turn to set my hand to plow, and heal,
and bring of darkest harvest whitest sheaves.
~ by Michael Rew / Email: witness@psonnets.org

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