You say your life was once a desert
Where not even weeds would grow
The ground was never watered
And your heart was cold as stone
But God sent rain of his sweet spirit
And the love from Calvary’s tree
He broke apart the fallow ground
And then, He planted seeds
I rejoice to see your life transformed
Into a fruitful field
The seeds that Jesus planted
Are producing quite a yield
Fruits of love and joy and meekness
Faith, longsuffering,
Gentleness and goodness
Temperance and peace
And the fruit is not for you alone
There’s enough to give away
So you share with those you care about
And your family of faith
But there are strangers all around us
Who have not yet met our Savior
They have never felt his loving touch
Or lived within his favor
I have seen the fatherless
Who don’t know God as their father
Haven’t heard of his great sacrifice
Or the abundant life He offers
Trudging slowly, strangers grieving
Whose hopes and dreams have died
They don’t know the stone is rolled away
And our Messiah is alive!
So in your harvest celebration
When you reap the field so green
With the blessings flowing freely
As you are bringing in the sheaves
Don’t forget to leave some standing
In the corners of your field
For the hungry and the fatherless
May come looking for a meal
It could be that they will taste and see
How good our Savior is
Maybe more lives will be transformed
Into a fruitful field
“When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot
a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for
the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the Lord thy
God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands” Deut 24:19 ( KJV )