One More Seed...

Mountain goat in Zion National Park

Animals and people seeking food and spiritual sustenance in dark days of winter...

Today, the tenth day of Christmas, I went to Jeannette Scholer's home in Pasadena to sing carols.

We sang "People Look East" by Eleanor Farjeon (who wrote "Morning Has Broken") and other lesser-sung carols.

My favorite verse:

Furrows, be glad.  Though earth is bare,
One more seed is planted there:
Give up your strength the seed to nourish,
That in course the flower may flourish.
People, look east and sing today:
Love, the rose, is on the way.

I first heard this carol during Advent when I was pregnant with my first child, born March 20, 1982. 

"Give up your strength" was an insight I could relate to--Mary's suffering to bear Jesus.

Now, 34 years later, I have more understanding of what strength and nourishing three children would require over the years.

That first child was named "Rosamond" for her paternal grandmother.  A rose was indeed on the way.


See also:

http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/