Friday, February 26, 2016

The Bird & Mustard Seed 2/26

This poem was written in 1981 from the bulletin, “God’s Chosen Vessel.”  This poem was about the bird and the mustard seed.  I thought you would enjoy this special morning poem.

Poem: The Bird and The Mustard Seed  (Matt. 13:31-32)
 
   “What a beautiful day!  Chirp! Chirp!  A wonderful day!” The bird was happily singing on a big mustard bush.  Suddenly the bird stopped singing and turned his head trying to find the sad, crying voice. “Boo hoo! Boo hoo!  Sobbed the mustard seed. The bird ask …

O, Mustard Seed!  O, Mustard Seed!
     Why are you crying so?
O, Mustard Seed!  O, Mustard Seed!
     What is it, you need to know?

Oh, Boo hoo!  Oh, Boo hoo!
     Why am I so small?
Oh, Boo hoo!  Oh, Boo hoo!
     Will I ever grow tall?

O, Mustard Seed!  O Mustard Seed!
     Didn’t Jesus say about thee?
Oh, Boo hoo!  Oh, Boo hoo!
     What did Jesus say about Me?

O, Mustard Seed!  O, Mustard Seed!
     Though you are the tiniest.
O, Mustard Seed!  O, Mustard Seed!
     Actually, you are the biggest.

Oh, my goodness!  Oh, my goodness!
     Yet I have my great doubt.
I don’t believe!  I don’t believe!
     You can’t turn me about.

O, Mustard Seed!  O, Mustard Seed!
     Jesus wants you to believe.
O, Mustard Seed!  O, Mustard Seed!
     Take His Word and receive.

Oh, pity me!  Oh, pity me!
     I feel like a brat!
Oh, well, well!  Oh well, well!
     Me, the biggest! How’s that?

Now, Mustard Seed!  Now, Mustard Seed!
     Though your faith be so small.
Jesus wants you to really believe
     That you already are very tall.

Then Mustard Seed went into the dirt,
     Deciding to allow himself to grow.
He buried himself into the ground and said,
     “Here am I, the seed I sow.”

Oh, my!  Oh, my!  I am truly growing!
     Jesus was right; I’m the biggest!
Who would ever believe
     That I was the most tiniest?

The Bird says to you:
“Let this seed be an example,
     Dear Friend, don’t be a doubter.
Stop pitying yourself and learn that
     Jesus wants you as a great believer.”

--Dorothy Callies, God’s Chosen Vessel, bulletin, Nov. 1981
 

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