It is finally looking like Autumn as I run. The trees are beginning to look so beautiful and I just love crunching the leaves that have already fallen on the ground with my running shoes as I pound the pavement!
Today I ran my usual 4 miles and as I did I took in all the sights, sounds, and even smells of the crisp Autumn air. One particular site got me thinking about the sowing and reaping principle. It was the site of a field of those brown corn husks that remained after the yellow sweet vegetable had been harvested - that yummy corn I enjoyed during summer bar-b-ques with friends and family.
As I ran passed the corn husks, I began thinking about the things a runner like myself, harvests. Hmm. Well, there is self-discipline, cardio-vascular health, muscle building, stress relief, solitude for reflection, and great conversations with God to name a few. When I sow this kind of activity into my life, I reap good things. Some may think it a selfish and time-wasting hobby. And of course there are always more important things I could be doing with the 4-5 hours of exercise per week I fit into my schedule. But I truly believe that the harvest I bring in, due to running, God uses to make me even more fit to be the kind of servant He desires me to be.
Soon I'll be running by that field of corn husks and they'll be gone. The process of sowing corn seed and reaping in a harvest of ripened results will begin again. So it is with our lives. We sow. We reap. We sow. We reap. And the question will be, will our sowing bring a bountiful harvest fit for the King? That's my desire, anyway - in running, in life.
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Here is my comment! Your latest entry reminds me of Proverbs 10:5. "He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully."
My knees are a little raw from washing those walls. I don't know what happened! Crawling around on the floor picking up large balls of lint seemed like a good idea at the time! Oh well. Raw knees for Jesus! Lol.
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