Simply, A Vessel

It seems the older we grow, the faster time flies!How are we over halfway through October already?! How are we nearing the end of another harvest seasonthat it seems we just planted not so very long ago?! Gal.6:7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. There is no getting around it;whether we plant conscientiously,carelessly, or with carefully-crafted cunning,cover/bury deeply the seed/deeds we strew/dowe reap what we sow! We have all at one time or another sown seeds we later regretted,and we would surely lose heart as we reflect on those seeds but for this:2 Cor.7:10For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. In the spring I planted a perennial mum from my mom's perennial garden.Its flourishing autumn beauty is such a pleasure to behold!When good seeds are planted then good fruit and flowers follow! Sometimes what we plant in the spring of our lives doesn't bloom until the autumn...Oh, pray it is more than wild oats we've sown!*** We are, in a sense all vessels through which seeds pour...2 Tim2: 20-21But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor.  Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, []sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. Yesterday I harvested the last of my garden produce... Not all harvests are as quickly cultivated and collected as that of the garden variety! but, Gal.6:9Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. God does not require a crowd to fulfill Purpose true But simply a vessel, unproud, willing to be poured through Each legacy of faith begins with self-surrendered 'yes' As we repent of our sins and and turn from worldliness/carelessness To walk by faith or run its race with endurance does notDepend upon athletic pace or skill, but trust in God To trust God is to trust his Word; to trust is to obeyTo keep His precepts, undeterred by all who turn away How sweet to hone hope's happiness, not in fleeting delightsBut in God's steadfast promises where faith fixes its sights How holy is time's ebb and flow unfolding Now to ThenHow surely we reap what we sow; God is not mocked. Amen ...nor does He require a crowd, His purpose to fulfill But simply a vessel, endowed with faith's surrendered will Janet Martin 'Very much of our future life will depend upon our earliest days', on January 15, 1893,then quoted Mr. Ruskins, not quite verbatim,' people often say we excuse the thoughtlessness of youth,but he says no, it never ought to be excused.I'd far rather hear of thoughtless old age when a man has done his work,but what excuse can be found for a thoughtless youth?The time for thought is at the beginning of lifeand there is no period which so much demandsor so much necessitates thoughtfulness as our early days...I would that all young men would think so.They say that they must sow their wild oats.No! No, my dear young friend. Think before you sow such seed as that, what the reaping will be.See if there is not better corn to be found than wild oats and sow that,then think how you will sow it and when you will sow itfor if you do not think about the sowing,what will the harvest be? '