"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9
It's been a while since my last post but you know how it's said, "it's better later than never..":) I will write a few thoughts about the harvest time, and our impatience in waiting for it when times become difficult and trials cross our way. I've chosen some photos from a sunny day at the beginning of this autumn. It was a beautiful day that I’ve spent with my niece Seraphine, in the small farm village named Quins. I've also made an illustration with the two of us, holding our wicker baskets full of fruits.
I believe there is a time of harvesting the fruits of our work and that time will never come earlier than it has to. If we want to pick up ripe fruits we must work the land, and be patient until the right season will come. Yes, I know, sometimes all this labor under the sun becomes difficult, and we get discouraged when we notice the insignificant progress we make in our work, or when nothing seems to change in our character, relationships, and other things like that... but we need to renew our forces and keep on working because this is the only way to succeed, and reap a good harvest. Every one of us has its own land to work, but if we act kindly to one another and give encouragement, this labor we are doing can become less hard.
Let us not become weary in our work and keep in mind that no seed that is being put in good soil will ever die, but it will grow and it will bear fruits! This is the greatest and the most encouraging image that I always try to keep in mind, and when I get tired it gives me the strength to keep going forward. Also, I'm thinking that this is a promise of God, and God cannot lie or deceive but keeps His promises. It always kept His promises in my life when I believed them.
This is my hope and the way I work my own land, always waiting for His dew in the morning, His sun during the day, and His rain when it's needed. I wait for them every day to fall upon me and give me the strength I need for the day ahead.
There is no other secret ingredient for my soil, but only grace from above.
