Fall is
fickle. A few days will be warm and
pleasant then the next few days will turn cold.
As time passes the colder days will win the battle and fall will give
way to winter. This is the time of
conclusions. The year is drawing to a
close, and it seems too that mother nature is wrapping things up and in the
fields farmers are bringing in the last of the crops for the year. The wheat, corn, beans, and cotton will soon
all be in their proper places. As each
farmer makes that last pass through the field or empties that last truck load
of grain there is a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment. From what I have observed, this year has been
a year of plenty. Though there are a
great many farmers that are pleased with the yield of their crops this year
there is one thing that they were not.
That is, they were not surprised at what sprouted and grew in their
fields. You see, where they planted
wheat, wheat came up. Where they planted
corn, corn came up. Where cotton was
planted, cotton grew. There was not a
single farmer that planted corn and then was surprised to find cotton growing
in their field. A simple principle that
each and everyone us understand. Yet we
have a great number of people that plant and then are surprised by what comes
up. We plant the seed that marriage is
old fashioned and not a holy institution design by God and then we are
surprised by the number of broken homes and shattered families. We plant the seed that there are no
absolutes, there are no truths, and then we are surprised by the total
disregard that mankind has for one another.
We plant the seed that I am but an evolved life form, from some
primordial soup. That life can be
aborted without a second thought. That there is no soul within a man given by
God and then we are surprised when someone opens fire at a concert or a church
ending the lives of those there. We
cannot continue to plant the seeds of self-indulgence, the seeds of no higher
power than man himself, and not reap what we have sown. 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 (Galatians 6: 7-10). As this year draws to a close let us
plant the seeds of righteousness and well doing for they are not limited by
season and as each year passes let us continually pray for a bountiful crop
that all may be blessed by what you have planted.
