A lesson that I learned from my ill-fated time in the garden is that harvests take patience. A good gardener must commit to work for a season before enjoying the crop. If I had learned this lesson sooner, maybe my pumpkins would have sprouted (even if they didn’t win a prize).

Scripture recognizes this principle and encourages us, “Let’s not get tired of doing good.” The author, inspired by the Holy Spirit, recognized that getting tired is easy to do. Sometimes we labor, and it seems like our work is in vain. We want to quit — quit praying, quit serving, quit loving. Against this temptation, we have the promise that a harvest is coming … if we don’t give up. So let’s use this season to recommit to doing good for those around us, especially for our sisters and brothers in the church. As we commit to love one another and share one another’s burdens, we equip and encourage one another to share this same love with the rest of the world.

By Joshua Hays from D365