Hosea 10:13 + Harvest

Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies.

It's harvest time. The pumpkins are plump and available at many roadside stands. We think of the harvest as good because that's the way God intended it.

But as the old saying goes -- Galatians 6:7,8 -- "we reap whatever [we] sow. If [we] sow to []our own flesh, [we] will reap corruption from the flesh."

That, of course, is the negative side. It's harvest time. Let us "sow to the Spirit!" and let us "reap eternal life from the Spirit" (Gal. 6:8).

God, I want to harvest the fruits of Galatians 6 -- love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. Therefore, help me sow today faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

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