The Hand That Grows Grass and Herb
It grows grass for the cattle, and plants for people to tend, bringing food out of the earth.
Have I ever reckoned how many hands my daily meal has passed through?
📝Reflection
Psalm 104 is one of the great hymns to nature within scripture. The poet gazes in wonder at the quiet cycle: grass springs from the soil, the grass feeds the beasts, the plants feed the people. We imagine food comes from the store. But behind that one bowl are soil, rain, sunlight, and countless hands. I long treated eating as mere filling. Yet the moment I reckoned the long chain behind one meal, the table became a place of thanks. Eyes that see the ordinary as not ordinary — that is the beginning of wonder.
🌱Apply It Today
Before one meal today, count just three hands the food passed through on its way from soil to your table.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
