September 12 Be a Planter of Hope & Peace Hosea 10:12
Good morning from Pastor Glen Brock, Baptist Tabernacle Church, Wendell, North Carolina… “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” (Hosea 10:12)
Would you like to witness a miracle? Would you like to make a difference in the life of an individual? Well, try this: Plant a word of encouragement and love into that person’s life. Continue to nurture and cultivate it with a friendly smile and a committed prayer life, and watch what happens, before your eyes! Our culture has a habit of sowing negative and “hate-filled” rhetoric and the atmosphere of 21st century America is replete with divisions and chaos and unhealthy decisions and sadness and despair. Let’s be the purveyor of “Positive and Uplifting” words of Hope and Goodness! Try it… compliment your neighbor, send flowers to your spouse, visit a widow, be grateful to a waitress, speak a kind word to a stranger! Sowing seeds of His Love and His Peace is like sowing seeds! You do not know the mechanics of how it works; you just know that it does! Seeds of Kindness will produce kindness and the more we sow, the stronger we become and the greater the opportunity to “Share Jesus!” Random acts of Love and Kindness will always produce positive, lifechanging results! Keep Sowing, Keep Nurturing, Keep Believing and Continue to “Push Back the Darkness” in the lives of everyone that you encounter! Stay Strong, Stay Focused…THE BEST IS YET TO BE!
Post Script: I find it amazing, that when I preach God’s Word, and it offends the world, that the world responds with the idea that I am “hate-filled,” and that I should be tolerant of others, and their attempt to discredit me and my beliefs, yet they are spouting intolerance and “hate-filled” rhetoric towards me, and doing it with the approval of those who are opposed to any rules and regulations that govern behavior, unless it is their twisted and perverse actions! Satan and his minions are ready, willing, and able to discredit, defame, and lie about every attempt to promote the Love of God and His Forgiveness! Remember, we are told that the world and all of the satanic evil that exists, will be against us and that we are to continue to “Push Back the Darkness,” and continue to serve Him with all that is within us!