Sowing and Reaping
As a mom (Happy Mother’s Day, everyone!), I’m so thankful for the principle of sowing and reaping.
Over the years, sometimes I’ve appreciated this concept as a sort-of cosmic So There, as in, Sure, you’re getting away with that, but someday, you’ll reap what you’re sowing right now. So there.
Call it the Christian version of karma, I’m grateful that God wove this wisdom into the fabric of the universe. Scientists study cause and effect – everything, people included, are subject to the law of sowing and reaping. God is good, and He does keep track. And oh, yeah – He is just.
Now, when it comes to parenting… My kids are pretty young, and it can be pretty mind-numbing to be drilling the same things over and over and over (and over): We speak kindly to each other. We take turns. We wait for each other. We say we’re sorry when we’ve hurt someone, and ask if they’re okay.
It’s all with the hopes that someday, these children will be kind, compassionate, responsible, loving big people. Am I winning? Most days, I’d say it’s a draw.
That’s where sowing and reaping come in, though… We can’t see it now, but life is happening below the surface of the soil. When we least expect it, we’ll see growth. And someday, we’ll stand amazed at the full-grown, fruitful life we’ve tended.
The girls who babysit my kids now are the beautiful young women I taught in Sunday school when they were 4 and 5… Some of them, I’ve known their whole lives. They are evidence of God’s faithfulness to faithful parents.
Neil included Galatians 6:7 at the top today; I’d like to give you verses 8 and 9:
…But those who live to please the Spirit (NKJ says, sow to the Spirit) will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.
I’m encouraged by that today… I hope you are, too.
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