Reap What You Sow

This is the time of year when we begin to see the fruits of our labors. The seeds we planted are beginning to peek out of the soil and remind us that it’s time for a change. There is only a small glimpse, yet that is enough to remind us that we reap what we sow.

Hard work pays off. But it’s not called ‘hard’ for nothing. It forces us to sweat, toil, ache and makes an annual visit. Work involving the outdoors comes in cycles. There is a time for planting and a time for waiting, a time for weeding and a time to harvest. Although it would be easier if we could sow and then harvest, that’s not the way it works. We have to give nature time to work it’s miracles and bless us with a bounty.

I don’t know about you, but I become inpatient. I have a sign in our green house that says “Grow Dammit!’ It reminds me that once I put the plants into place I have no control. Oh I can weed and water and fertilize, but the real work is nothing I can micro manage. The real work is done without my intervention and only allows me to wait and watch. All that being said I do understand the laws of nature, we reap what we sow.

So what kind of seeds are you sowing? Will they reap a harvest of kindness and joy, or cruelty and disappointment? Will they make the world better or crush young elements before they have time to grow? It’s not just planting seeds in the soil that reap a harvest, our words, our thoughts and our actions produce a crop that we will live with for life. Our relationships are a direct result of the seeds we have sown over the years. The happiness people experience when they are in our presence plants seeds that will multiply. When we speak with cruelty or harshness we plant seeds that have no chance to do anything but wither and grow dormant. When we expect people to live their lives our way we want, we plant seeds of disappointment that do nothing but stunt enthusiasm and individuality.

So be careful and intentional in what you plant, for the law of nature cannot be denied. You will reap what you sow, so sow wisely.