The realm of God is like a mustard seed,
which, when sown upon the ground,
is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;
yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs,
and puts forth large branches,
so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
—Mark 4.30-32
A mustard seed of grace hides in you,
small, immeasurable.
Tiny—becoming infinite.
Don’t try to estimate its power.
A mighty tree—a little shrub,
scale is useless here.
Your mystifyingly small nucleus
is cosmic, the span of the universe.
Birds of the flock of the whole world
nest in your branches.
What you haven’t even seen in you
offers shade and shelter.
Something changing the world
is happening in you.
Let the miracle unfold.
Trust, and be good soil.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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