Make an Awful Hole

We are just now getting to the point where we can plant a few things here on the farm. I was able to plant a few tomatoes and squash last week and have been watering them. They are looking good and I fully expect to enjoy tomatoes and squash this summer. I was thinking of the law of sowing and reaping this morning. At this point, whether I expect for these things to grow or not, doesn’t much matter. The fact is, there is a natural law set up by God. Everything produces after its kind. Galatians 6:7,8 says, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

Of course we are not just talking about tomatoes here. I think that most people don’t realize the full effects of this. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR ACTIONS. Whether good or bad, what we do today, effects our lives down the road.

Often times, we reap what others sow, also. Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m a product of my raising”? Well, in a way, that’s true. Anyone who has ever received an inheritance from a relative’s estate has reaped what someone else has sown. Any child who ends up in foster care because their parents were drug addicted or abusive in some way, is reaping what someone else has sown. Unfortunately, the consequences of what we do, are never limited to effect only us. We effect those around us by our actions in so many ways.

“Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?” Clarence Oddbody “It’s a Wonderful Life”

I pray that I can sow good seed, not grow weary in doing so, and leave an awful hole when I'm gone.

 

“A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.”
D. Elton Trueblood