Good Bread is Worth the Time

Why a threshing floor to meet and lay at his feet
Why a place one separates chaff from wheat
Beaten till all that’s left is pure grain
The useless carried away with the wind

Unashamed she asked he do his part
Redeem her family’s name and make glad her heart
Her one chance for mercy would he defile her then
In light he watched over her – in darkness what then

Wheat grows in abundance no toil or duress
She dances in rain wrapped in sunlight’s caress
No use to the farmer till ripe in His hand
To expose what’s inside by rod and sifting pan

Grain falls in surrender willing and free
Ready to feed others and no longer in need
No more ashamed, a new identity
Spreading her story of who set Her free

Ruth, a Moabites woman, left her gods and her home and followed Naomi, and was in the lineage of Jesus, her true Kinsman Redeemer
Dversepoets.com challenge is to write a poem using the word wheat. I just completed a Bible study on the book of Ruth and that is what I used for my inspiration. I also did a little research about growing and harvesting wheat. It was a long process in Biblical days as no electricity was available. The refining process of God , no matter what the process used is a life-long process.