Saturday, June 16, 2012

Sow Like Crazy




Today--sow. Sow like crazy.

Sow good tips to servers at restaurants or to delivery people or those paid to help.  Sow to good, quality charities. Sow and give generously.

Sow offerings. Sow tithes. Sow a plate of cookies for your neighbors. Sow a meal for friends in your home. Sow snail mail thank-you cards to people who've blessed you. Sow encouraging Facebook or blog posts or emails or ecards or kind words spoken in person.

Sow prayers for strangers. Sow smiles in your supermarket. Sow plants from your garden or sow a ride for someone to downtown or to church. Sow a coffee date with a friend or a movie or a garden walk. Sow an online gift in the mail or a rescued cat or an offer to teach or paint or pack for free.
Sow a favorite YouTube video, song or sermon. Sow birdseed to wild birds. Sow a lovely painting or book.
Sow, sow, sow and you will reap, reap, reap,
especially later in hard times when you are in need:

At this present time your abundance being a supply for their need,
so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need,
that there may be equality.
2 Corinthians 8:14
Some people sit in their homes and expect blessings to race up to their doors and knock.  But that's like looking out your window for a whole summer expecting a vegetable garden to spring up gloriously when you've not planted any seeds.
Plant first. Sow first. Then you will reap whatever you need in the future.
What is the best thing of all to sow?  Sow a close, wonderful friendship with Jesus. Do that and you'll be plugged into the One who knows how to meet every single need you'll ever have upon this Earth.  He is the One who cares about you more than anybody else ever will.  The One who wants to become your everything.

These words were written by a wonderful woman named Debra.  You can check out her blog here ~
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I like to do paying it forward. I can't afford to do it often but I try once/month. The last time I paid for a meal for an Iraqi war veteran who was behind me in line. I also paid the medicine co-pays for a woman Iraqi war veteran at the pharmacy. I tend to choose veterans to pay it forward with but you could choose families with young children, someone old, or someone looking like they're having a bad day. It makes you feel good to sow this kind of activity.
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I love that idea, Liz!! I'm going to make it a point to do that soon. Recently I was in line at Starbucks in the drive thru and I was very annoyed because I was in a hurry and the woman in front of me who was paying was taking a LONG time to talk to the cashier. When I pulled up to get my coffee, the cashier told me that the woman in front of me had payed for my coffee and a $5 gift card for my next trip. I was so humbled and grateful and ashamed at my quick annoyance. But it was a good lesson learned and your reminder just makes it even more meaningful to me!
Just found your blog through Inspire Me Mondays. Can't believe I have never run across it before. Am now your newest follower. Would love a visit too when you can.
Thanks, jen http://richfaithrising.blogspot.com/
Aw, thanks for reposting this, Lori! I appreciate it much. Blessings, Debra
Yes! Sowing can be hard work. But, oh.. the harvest. Stopping by from Playdates today. Blessings from Iowa.
My Pastor has been speaking on this principle the past few Sundays. Funny how the good seed is so picky and rarely if ever blooms in bad soil...but the bad seed (you know weeds) will grow ANYWHERE!

Something to ponder. Thanks for the reminder to sow. Again. I wonder if God is trying to tell me something? Hmmm.

Found you through Ann Voskamp.
Found you through Ann's place this Wednesday. There is a reminder in your message today that contributing to community is a day by day endeavor of Christ like habits; as simple as that which you describe above.

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