Littleness

The labors of my weary hands,
the longings of my heart,
the needs of day and night's demands:
I bring all this, O God.

The harvest of the months and years,
the cycles of the weeks,
the bitter fruit and honeyed tears:
I lay them at your feet.

I pray you, bless what I have giv'n,
though it is not enough,
and all that's missing here forgive,
in mercy and in love.

For all my littleness, O Lord,
you took to be your own
and wrote the letters of your Word
in flesh and blood and bone.

Then take the little I have brought
with grace no offer buys;
your greatness shall become my lot
and portion beyond price.

That all the harvest of myself,
though but a grain of wheat,
sits on the table you have spread,
part of your endless feast.

Wheat growing in a field. By User:Bluemoose – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=333105

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