Who Reaps What I Sow?
I was given such the privilege to meet an incredible woman of God this past weekend. I'm talking a divine meeting. God spoke so much to me through this woman as she shared her heart and vision. Her words spoke to my core and enlightened me greatly.
One of the things that hit me hard was when she spoke about the "reap what you sow" method. She shared how she chose to put herself and her self-care behind the needs of others. For legit reasons, she chose the needs of her children and her widowed mother before making her scheduled health appointments. Soon after, she was hit with the difficult news that she had stage 4 breast cancer. I was shocked and saddened as she shared this with me and the other women present, but it was her next sentence that woke me up. She shared that now it was the same people that she chose to take care of before herself that was having to help her up the stairs and comfort her.
In that moment I thought, "How selfish am I to not take care of myself and make that dreaded doctor's appointment. How selfish I am."
I started thinking about how the decisions we make, good or bad, effect not only us, but those around us. I began to think about the decisions I have made and how I selfishly thought that I was the only one who was gonna have to respond the the results and consequences of them. What was I thinking?!
I have been reading Daniel lately. One of the stories we know so well is Daniel and the lions den, right?! Well, I happen to be reading about it and something weird and interesting caught my eye. So the noble people, priest and administrator people didn't really dig Daniel and they were trying to find a fault with him to get him thrown in the den. So they made up this law that you could only pray and bow to the king and kinda co-hoarsed the king into signing it. Later after Daniel was saved by God in the den, it was found out that the priest and administrators were behind this and the king became furious. He decided to have not only those responsible men thrown in the den for the lions, but also their wives and their children (Dan 6).
My first response was, "Dang God, that was a little harsh. Those poor kids. Why should they have to suffer for their parent's stupidity?!" Then it reminded me of what this beautiful woman was saying.
See, we are selfish to think that everything is all about us. That we are the only ones who feel and partake in the consequences of our actions. Unfortunately it not just "you reap what you sow". It is "everyone that is in close and connected to you reaps what you sow".
One of the things that hit me hard was when she spoke about the "reap what you sow" method. She shared how she chose to put herself and her self-care behind the needs of others. For legit reasons, she chose the needs of her children and her widowed mother before making her scheduled health appointments. Soon after, she was hit with the difficult news that she had stage 4 breast cancer. I was shocked and saddened as she shared this with me and the other women present, but it was her next sentence that woke me up. She shared that now it was the same people that she chose to take care of before herself that was having to help her up the stairs and comfort her.
In that moment I thought, "How selfish am I to not take care of myself and make that dreaded doctor's appointment. How selfish I am."
I started thinking about how the decisions we make, good or bad, effect not only us, but those around us. I began to think about the decisions I have made and how I selfishly thought that I was the only one who was gonna have to respond the the results and consequences of them. What was I thinking?!
I have been reading Daniel lately. One of the stories we know so well is Daniel and the lions den, right?! Well, I happen to be reading about it and something weird and interesting caught my eye. So the noble people, priest and administrator people didn't really dig Daniel and they were trying to find a fault with him to get him thrown in the den. So they made up this law that you could only pray and bow to the king and kinda co-hoarsed the king into signing it. Later after Daniel was saved by God in the den, it was found out that the priest and administrators were behind this and the king became furious. He decided to have not only those responsible men thrown in the den for the lions, but also their wives and their children (Dan 6).
My first response was, "Dang God, that was a little harsh. Those poor kids. Why should they have to suffer for their parent's stupidity?!" Then it reminded me of what this beautiful woman was saying.
See, we are selfish to think that everything is all about us. That we are the only ones who feel and partake in the consequences of our actions. Unfortunately it not just "you reap what you sow". It is "everyone that is in close and connected to you reaps what you sow".
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