What if hay had a choice? Would it choose the mower, rake, and baler for the sake of nourishing others? If I were hay, would I? Do I?
Would you? Do you?
Purpose recently appeared in the Fall 2020 edition of God and Nature Magazine—a publication of the American Scientific Affiliation—where Christ-following scientists grapple with the intersect of the seen and unseen, the common and the holy.
With that which can be proven and that which cannot.
How often does one illustrate the other? How often are they one and the same?
I welcome you to settle back and chew on the perspectives of these fine thinkers. Consider. Stretch. Question. Discuss.
Enjoy.
You can find the entire issue in the link above and here.
PURPOSE
by Cheryl Grey Bostrom
If blades of timothy and rye
Were made of flesh and bone,
And orchard grass and clover green
Were my own form, full grown,
Would I dare cheer the mower sharp
As round the field it came
To drop me groundward at my knees,
My willfulness to tame?
And would I welcome ted and rake
To cure me in the heat,
Before the baler packed me tight
And bound me, winter’s feed?
Or would I resist sacrifice,
Ignore the hungry, poor,
To wave in autumn’s windy chill,
Then shrink to soil’s store?
“The LORD is like a father to his children,
tender and compassionate to those who fear him.
For he knows how weak we are;
he remembers we are only dust.
Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
The wind blows, and we are gone–
as though we had never been here.
But the love of the LORD remains forever
with those who fear him.”
—Psalm 103:13-17
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This singing sky . . .. 
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Sharpei.
(Snake River breaks at dusk).
“And thou hast filled me with wrinkles . . . “
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Engineers.
“. . . think on these things.”
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From here to there.
.”Jesus said to them, `Come away with me.'”
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I stirred the new entries in with those from previous weeks, and Blake pulled another name from the hat. This week’s winner of a copy of The View from Goose Ridge is LAURA KEARNEY! Congrats, Laura! Please either email me on the contact page or DM me on FaceBook with your mailing address.
I’ll be giving away one copy each week through December 18 to celebrate the book’s 20th Anniversary. Want to enter? Let me know on FB or drop me a note on the contact page. We’ll draw the name of an email subscriber on Fridays and announce it here on Saturday mornings.
Blessings, friends. I’m glad you’re here.
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Watching Nature, Seeing Life: Through his Creation, God Speaks.
Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author 
Beautiful and thoughtful. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks, LeAna. And thank you for reading.:)
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That’s amazing!!!! Aw, this makes me so happy for you. You are such a wordsmith. In His service,Leigh Mackenzie”The Church Girl Writes”www.thechurchgirlwrites.com
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My sister. ❤️ Thank you. 🙂
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As Always You Give Me such Pleasures To Study And Think About.
Thank You Cheryl For Starting My Saturday Morning.
Joni
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Hope your day is so, so good, Joni.:)
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Have you been seen the movie, Stranger Than Fiction? We just rewatched it tonight for the first time in many years. It has a lot to do with your poem! Stars Emma Thompson, Will Ferrell, and Dustin Hoffman🌟🌟🌟. It is a very unique film and has everything to do with authors and their characters. Available on Netflix and I really recommend it to you my friend😉💜👏🏼! Lara
On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 7:31 AM Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author wrote:
> > > > > > > Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author posted: ” > What if hay had a choice? Would it choose the mower, rake, and baler for > the sake of nourishing others? If I were hay, would I? Do I? > > > > Would you? Do you? > > > > Purpose recently appeared in the Fall 2020 edition of God and Nature > Magazine—a publicatio” > > > >
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No! Sounds good. Will look it up…Thanks, Lara:).
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Great poem!!!
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Thank you, Linda!
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I love the words of Purpose. They make me ponder and wonder.
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Thanks Amy. Me, too. Am so aware of how my actions and attitudes can fall short of my professed beliefs. What would I, or any of us, do without God’s beautiful mercy?
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