The Incredible Joy of sowing seeds

Ecclesiastes 11:6. Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. ...

Life is about sowing seeds. Some of the most exciting times in my life were after I had planted a seed. When I was a kid my family had a large garden. And my parents allowed my brother Jim and I to help plant. The same thing happened with both my grandparents. What excitement it was to plant the magic seeds and to watch them grow up until we could harvest them. Every family seemed to have a family garden in those days.

But that was just the beginning of sowing seeds. To hand in a report and wait to see if your teacher liked it was really fun. When I practiced my French horn or prepared for a big game I always had this holy expectation that something really good could come out of this investment. Waiting to find out which college I was going to go to. Or listening to our daughter practice for her piano.

Life is exciting when you have had the faith to sow some seeds. Our motivation is deflated when we don’t have the faith to ever plant a seed.

Let’s learn together a profound truth from scripture about the miracle of planting seeds this Sunday at 10:30 am

Your friend for the rest of my life,

Pastor Tim White