You reap what you sow
Aug 23rd, 2005 by Accidental Thinker
As previously mentioned here and here, I’ve had some good fortune over the last few weeks, which gives me much to be thankful for. I can’t help wondering, though, why me? What have I done differently from anyone else to deserve the things that just seem to fall into my lap? Kent says they don’t fall into my lap; I work hard for them. He’s right, of course. I do work hard. It’s not simply good luck. Hence the title of this post. I believe God gave me the resources, tools, and circumstances to make my own luck, but what I do with that is up to me. You get out of life what you put into it. Some of it is hard work, and some of it is attitude.
Still, I feel that God has blessed my little existence, and I don’t really know why. I have a friend who says that “every worldly circumstance has a spiritual meaning.” I believe he’s right, but how do you figure out what that meaning is?
Ah, but therein lies the beauty of divine grace, God’s gentle reminders
that he loves us, no matter how awful we may act. Grace can’t be
earned. Rather, it is bestowed, and without right, without achievement,
without anything expected in return.Don’t bother with trying to figure out why. Just enjoy it. It’s a present.
What a mature attitude. Lewis said it well. It’s so refreshing to read
this from someone who gets it. It’s so simple – here’s the book follow
the rules and you will be blessed. Even through trials and misfortunes.
As in, the “Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” God
wants to care for us just as we want to care for our children. And He
also wants us to talk to Him and to listen.
🙂