"Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carring seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
Psalm 126 : 5-6
Psalm 126 : 5-6
Do you know the story of "The Little Red Hen"? She kept breaking her back to bake this cake. None of her friends would help, but she didn't let that stop her. Finally, the cake was finished, but all her friends wanted a bite. But she said "No way I work on this cake; now it's my time to enjoy it."
My son, Noah, was the same way. I warmed him of a coming flood and told him to build a huge boat. So he got busy. Only one problem up until that time, it had rained once on earth. Also, Noah was landlocked. There was no water in sight. His friends thought he was an idiot; but when the flood came, they all drowned
What a promise! Think of it. When you sow in tears, what a marvelous and abundant return you will enjoy on your investment. "But," you may be thinking, "when have I ever gone pot weeping, carrying seed to sow?"
If you ever reached through an invisible wall of pain to embrace God with willful thanks, you have sown in tears. If you've ever been rejected by a dear one and yet turned the other cheek in love. You have sown in tears if you have patiently endured physical affliction, or responded in love through a difficuly marriage, Psalm 126:5-6 could be your life verse.
Think of the pain young Elisabelt Elliot must have felt as she continued to serve as a missionary to the very South American indians who had murdered her husband! Truly, she sowed the seed of God's Word in tear, but oh, the song of joy that ring from the millions who have been touched by her testimony.
When you hurt physically or emotionally, it's hard to muster a patient or godly response. Pain has a way of screaming for our undivided attention. But when you either offer a Of praise God in the midst of your hurt, or respond n faith to a heartbreak or hardship, you are sowing in tears. Take Heart, for one day God will reward you with sheaves of joy All because you were faithful through tear
So if I tell you to do something, just hang in there and do it believe Me. You'll be glad you did!""""
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