John 4:36-37 reads “one sows and another reaps”, I always understood that verse to mean that we are awarded commiserate to the work that we do. But today I realized that there is another aspect to that parable, sowing is the work that we do and reaping is all about faith. After all, when a farmer plants, he is not guaranteed that the seeds will turn into a harvest. Countless variables, from drought to locusts to unexpected frostbites, could turn a bumper crop into a season of famines.
Our part is to sow without any guarantee of what the future holds. For too many of us, past hurts and disappointments make us want to control the sowing and the reaping. We try to mitigate heartbreaks, betrayals and letdowns by trying to determine the outcome only to lose out on the blessings of the moments. Until we learn the lesson of just doing our part and not living in the past or the future, we end up drawing people and events that will teach us to free ourselves from the very chains of outside-in living that we have accepted as sources of happiness....continued...
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