Rotten to the Core? (Poem)

You shall never find a bundle of afflictions

which has not bound up in its midst sufficient Grace.

H.C. Spurgeon

Ponder this:

‘Rotten to the core’ might not include the core,

as may be supposed.

Ponder this before rotten seeded fruit you

decide to dispose.

As decay touches the seeds at the core,

The prospect of new life is at the door.

This fact of life we may easily omit,

When we encounter seeded fruit that’s unfit.

Though unfit to eat, the seeds can be planted,

And in time, much fresh fruits can be harvested.

May this simple reminder be influential,

As the world searches for God’s Grace-touched potential,

At the core of the Covid-19 pandemic,

Seeds to turn the table on life now chaotic.

It takes special hearts and minds to help

those who are trapped,

Unable to perceive in rottenness Grace untapped.

It is only by strong faith in all of God’s promises,

Can we cut through decay, to newness that astonishes.

Just like seed-bearing fruits, many of life’s situations,

Are both the fruits of past seeds sown, plus an invitation.

While at the rottenness of life, we all tend to rant,

God calls upon us to uncover the core, then plant.

That’s exactly what He promised and intends to do,

As to Godly righteousness the whole world bids …adieu!

We saints of Christ are the seeds that He will then plant,

Seed-life now, but soon, rottenness we will supplant.