It seems the older we grow, the faster time flies!
How are we over halfway through October already?!
How are we nearing the end of another harvest season
that it seems we just planted not so very long ago?!
Gal.6:7
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked;
for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
There is no getting around it;
whether we plant conscientiously,
carelessly, or with carefully-crafted cunning,
cover/bury deeply the seed/deeds we strew/do
we reap what we sow!
We have all at one time or another sown seeds we later regretted,
and we would surely lose heart as we reflect on those seeds
but for this:
2 Cor.7:10
For godly sorrow produces repentance
leading to salvation, not to be regretted;
but the sorrow of the world produces death.
In the spring I planted a perennial mum from my mom's perennial garden.
Its flourishing autumn beauty is such a pleasure to behold!
When good seeds are planted then good fruit and flowers follow!
Sometimes what we plant in the spring of our lives doesn't bloom until the autumn...
Oh, pray it is more than wild oats we've sown!
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We are, in a sense all vessels through which seeds pour...
2 Tim2: 20-21
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver,
but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.
Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter,
he will be a vessel for honor,
[h]sanctified and useful for the Master,
prepared for every good work.
Yesterday I harvested the last of my garden produce...
Not all harvests are as quickly cultivated and collected
as that of the garden variety! but,
Gal.6:9
Let us not grow weary while doing good,
for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
God does not require a crowd to fulfill Purpose true
But simply a vessel, unproud, willing to be poured through
Each legacy of faith begins with self-surrendered 'yes'
As we repent of our sins and and turn from worldliness/carelessness
To walk by faith or run its race with endurance does not
Depend upon athletic pace or skill, but trust in God
To trust God is to trust his Word; to trust is to obey
To keep His precepts, undeterred by all who turn away
How sweet to hone hope's happiness, not in fleeting delights
But in God's steadfast promises where faith fixes its sights
How holy is time's ebb and flow unfolding Now to Then
How surely we reap what we sow; God is not mocked. Amen
...nor does He require a crowd, His purpose to fulfill
But simply a vessel, endowed with faith's surrendered will
Janet Martin
'Very much of our future life will depend upon our earliest days',
said preacher Charles Spurgeon on January 15, 1893,
then quoted Mr. Ruskins, not quite verbatim,
' people often say we excuse the thoughtlessness of youth,
but he says no, it never ought to be excused.
I'd far rather hear of thoughtless old age when a man has done his work,
but what excuse can be found for a thoughtless youth?
The time for thought is at the beginning of life
and there is no period which so much demands
or so much necessitates thoughtfulness as our early days...
I would that all young men would think so.
They say that they must sow their wild oats.
No! No, my dear young friend.
Think before you sow such seed as that,
what the reaping will be.
See if there is not better corn to be found
than wild oats and sow that,
then think how you will sow it
and when you will sow it
for if you do not think about the sowing,
what will the harvest be? '
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