It is easier to protect your feet with slippers, than to carpet the whole earth. (Author unknown)
Remember this, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop ..For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will give you many opportunities to do good, and he will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
2 Corinthians 9:6 and 10
I hear in church all the time, If you dont like the harvest you are getting, sow different seeds. Many times what we receive in the here and now are a result of seeds that we have sown in the past. All of us sow seeds all the time. We sow seeds into the lives of those around us and we sow seeds in our own live. Even when we think there is nothing going on and we are sitting all alone, our thoughts are sowing seeds in our own lives. I have discovered that I can sit at home all by myself on a cold, cloudy, and rainy day, meditate on the cool dark dampness of life, and work up a real good depression. I can ponder on the fact that I am sitting alone, feel sorry for myself, and work up a self-centered attitude so irritable that when someone does come around they soon leave because they cant stand to be around me. I am learning that it is just as easy to take the same situation, but sow different seeds, and reap a good harvest. I can take the cold, cloudy, and rainy day and be thankful for the moisture. I can look at the clouds as bringing the rain, and providing shade and change in the sky and atmosphere. I can be thankful for the cool weather because of the changing seasons, which give the land and myself a rest. During these times I receive a rest from mowing, weed eating, leaf raking, gardening, and all those things we are forced to do in warmer weather. Heres the clincher in my life, I have learned to sow good seeds into my time alone. I am so grateful that as I sit alone, God and I can grow closer with out much interference. I have time to sow the Word of God into my spirit without distractions. I still have plenty of friends and see people regularly, its just that I have learned to take the times I used to consider as lonely, and make them the most rewarding times of my day. I had to learn to sow good seeds. The spiritual principle of sowing can be understood as simply as taking wild birdseed, putting it in the feeders outside my windows, and enjoying the hundreds of colorful birds that come to eat. In the same way in my spirit, Gods words turn out to be a harvested banquet, and I find that I lack nothing. God is doing for me what I could not do for myself JRE
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Share this with me; it really speaks to my heart.
It is from the Life Recovery Bible, page 1402.
The more spiritual seeds we plant by generously helping others, the greater will be our harvest of spiritual fruit. God never forces us to give; he wants us to give with willing hearts. God is not only interested in what we do; he is also interested in the attitudes and motives behind our actions. Some of us may feel we dont have much to offer people in need. Our life may be in ruins; we may have gone in debt to support destructive habits. But even if we have nothing else to give, we can share our story of how God gave us a second chance. As little as this may seem to us, it may be the gift of life to someone in the throes of an addiction.
"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting."
(Heard around the tables of AA)
Remember this, a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop ..For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will give you many opportunities to do good, and he will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
2 Corinthians 9:6 and 10
I hear in church all the time, If you dont like the harvest you are getting, sow different seeds. Many times what we receive in the here and now are a result of seeds that we have sown in the past. All of us sow seeds all the time. We sow seeds into the lives of those around us and we sow seeds in our own live. Even when we think there is nothing going on and we are sitting all alone, our thoughts are sowing seeds in our own lives. I have discovered that I can sit at home all by myself on a cold, cloudy, and rainy day, meditate on the cool dark dampness of life, and work up a real good depression. I can ponder on the fact that I am sitting alone, feel sorry for myself, and work up a self-centered attitude so irritable that when someone does come around they soon leave because they cant stand to be around me. I am learning that it is just as easy to take the same situation, but sow different seeds, and reap a good harvest. I can take the cold, cloudy, and rainy day and be thankful for the moisture. I can look at the clouds as bringing the rain, and providing shade and change in the sky and atmosphere. I can be thankful for the cool weather because of the changing seasons, which give the land and myself a rest. During these times I receive a rest from mowing, weed eating, leaf raking, gardening, and all those things we are forced to do in warmer weather. Heres the clincher in my life, I have learned to sow good seeds into my time alone. I am so grateful that as I sit alone, God and I can grow closer with out much interference. I have time to sow the Word of God into my spirit without distractions. I still have plenty of friends and see people regularly, its just that I have learned to take the times I used to consider as lonely, and make them the most rewarding times of my day. I had to learn to sow good seeds. The spiritual principle of sowing can be understood as simply as taking wild birdseed, putting it in the feeders outside my windows, and enjoying the hundreds of colorful birds that come to eat. In the same way in my spirit, Gods words turn out to be a harvested banquet, and I find that I lack nothing. God is doing for me what I could not do for myself JRE
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT]
Share this with me; it really speaks to my heart.
It is from the Life Recovery Bible, page 1402.
The more spiritual seeds we plant by generously helping others, the greater will be our harvest of spiritual fruit. God never forces us to give; he wants us to give with willing hearts. God is not only interested in what we do; he is also interested in the attitudes and motives behind our actions. Some of us may feel we dont have much to offer people in need. Our life may be in ruins; we may have gone in debt to support destructive habits. But even if we have nothing else to give, we can share our story of how God gave us a second chance. As little as this may seem to us, it may be the gift of life to someone in the throes of an addiction.
"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting."
(Heard around the tables of AA)
