Parable ======= w&m: M.D. Ridge, 1987 [Refrain 1] To ev'ry thing there is a season; a time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time for harvest; a time to meet and a time to part. [Verse 1] A sower went out to sow the seed. Some of it fell upon the path, some fell on shallow, rocky soil, and some among choking thorns. [Refrain 2] To ev'ry thing there is a season; a time to be born and a time to die. A time to speak and a time for silence; a time to wound and a time to heal. [Verse 2] Nothing can grow in barren soil; briars and ravens take their toll; still there is grain a hundredfold, from seed that took root and grew. [Refrain 3] To ev'ry thing there is a season; a time to be born and a time to die. A time for joy and a time for grieving; a time to seek and a time to lose. [Verse 3] God's word is like the farmer's seed, rooted in joyful, loving hearts, growing like grain in fertile ground, a harvest that overflows. [Final Refrain] To ev'ry thing there is a season; a time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time for harvest; a time to meet and a time to part, a time to meet and a time to part.