sowing and reaping
This isn’t about superstition. It’s not karma. It’s not “you get what’s coming to you.” Sowing and reaping is a spiritual principle—one of the most ancient and unshakable patterns in how life works. You don’t always reap where you sow. But you always reap what you sow.
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)
“Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.” (James 3:18)
You’re always sowing something. Every word, every thought, every action plants a seed. What you feed in secret eventually grows in public. It may take time, but the fruit never lies.
Sowing is slow. It requires trust. You plant before you see. You water what hasn’t broken through. That’s what makes it holy—it builds something in you while it builds something around you.
You don’t sow peace by chasing outcomes. You sow peace by living in rhythm with truth. You don’t reap intimacy by forcing connection—you sow it through presence, through trust, through self-sacrifice. You don’t reap wisdom by collecting information—you sow it by returning to what’s true, again and again.
The opposite of sowing is striving. Striving demands immediate results. Sowing plays the long game. Striving burns out. Sowing builds roots.
So the question isn’t “what do I want to reap?”
The better question is “what am I sowing, consistently, when no one’s watching?”
Because that’s the harvest that’s coming.
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