Learn from the Farmer

Prove you’re ready to begin the next season by how you finish the last.
Luke 6: 38, 2nd Corinthians 9: 6-15

There were three things we needed to do every year to close another season of growing and selling tobacco. We saved the seed from this year’s crop to be sown in the plant bed the following spring. We spread the stalks on the field to re-fertilize and restore the land that had yielded its increase to us. And, we stored all the tools and items that had been necessary to cultivate and harvest the crop this year and would be needed again in the future.

When and how do you evaluate your activity? They give you a schedule for soccer and football. They have play-offs and all-stars to help you judge how your children did. But, what do you go by to tell how your marriage is going? How do you measure the growth or the fitness of your spirit, soul, and body?

How will you save the seeds of faith that have been planted in your spirit this year? How will you restore your soul? How will you keep your body in shape for the next season?