Seek to feed
When we say or pray
The following?
"I need more of this Fruit.
And I need more of that Fruit.
And please Lord,
Please fill me with
The Fruits of the Spirit,
Today!"
This prayer
Exemplifies
The reason why
The Lord used parables.
And it summarizes
Why He said
Our lives are comparable
To fruit trees.
Because a fruit tree,
Doesn't ever eat
Its own fruit.
And a lowly fruit tree,
Never seeks to feed
Its own root.
Nor does it ever try
To multiply
Or bear more fruit,
Just so it can satisfy
Its branches.
Instead,
A fruit tree
Always seeks to feed
The needs of others first.
And a faithful fruit tree,
Always tries to satisfy
The lives of those around it first,
Even if there's
Very little fruit
Growing on its branches.
So can we really
Claim to be a fruit tree?
Or can we truly
Say we aim
To be a fruit tree
If our happiness depends
Upon the quantity of fruit
Hanging on our branches?
In the Sermon
On the Mount,
The Savior said
Something else
That applies here.
For when He wanted
Those who heard Him
To know the way
They'd heard it all their life
Wasn't so,