Sowing Seeds of Peace

Hosea 10:12
"Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers righteousness on you."

If you're like me, when you see a big project, you sometimes sit paralyzed, wondering where to start.  When my room is a mess, and it needs to be cleaned, the hardest part for me is starting.  When it comes to sharing our faith, we sometimes feel like it's a big project.  We don't know where or how to start: so we don't.

What if, today, we can just sow a seed of peace?  Sharing our faith doesn't always involve long, deep, intellectual conversations or brilliant thought-provoking questions.  Sometimes our job is just to sow the seed.

"Plant a word of love heartdeep in a person's life.  Nurture it with a smile and a prayer, and watch what happens.  An employee gets a compliment.  A wife received a bouquet of flowers.  A cake is baked and carried next door.  A widow is hugged.  A gas-station attendant is honored.  A preacher is praised. ("Grace for the Moment", Max Lucado).

Take a small step of love.  Plant a seed of peace today.

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