Lament's Metamorphosis

Sometimes I am prone to lament the effectwithout acknowledging the cause...Sometimes I want, for instance, the wisdom from abovewithout first seeking, yielding, trusting, praying, obeyingSometimes I seek a harvest from seeds I neglected to plant! The landscape seems snagged on a see-saw of greenish-bronze and white these days!! As white surf recedes, exposing sodden turfthoughts turn more and more often to planting time! I am old enough to recognize harvest of some seeds I wish I had not sown, (Or, wish I could return to sow seeds I didn't)but if we confess our sins He (God) is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9)He may not remove the consequence but He gives grace for us to facewhatever harvest brings.Also, we are never too old to keep planting! Lament without repentance is a futile sufferingWhen sorrow for the consequence ignores what wrought its stingWhile impulse disregarded what it should have pondered firstBecause of laws imparted that can never be reversed We will reap what we sow; this is no casual clichéThe seeds of word and deed will grow; therefore, we ought to prayAnd tend with tender care what slips into time’s sprawling fieldFrom raring lips and fingertips soon turned to sacred yield How subtle seasons shift; how swift the seed is fully grownThere is no way around it; we must reap what we have sownBut we are not alone; as we confess sin’s errant waysRepentance turns groaning lament into a hymn of praise © Janet Martin Gal,6:7-9Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. James 3:17-18But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.  Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.