Wheat Fields

“’Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already he who reaps is receiving wages, and is gathering fruit for life eternal; that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not laboured; others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour.’” John 4:35-38

As a child, I remember my dad stopping our car on a trip and having us all pile out and walk along a wheat field. We watched as he wandered into the waving sea of ripe grass and snap off heads of some of the stalks and hand the prickly things to us to hold in our palms. He showed us how to rub our hands together gently to remove the chaff from the wheat and how to blow it away from the grains so we had the lovely kernels to munch on. Jesus said:

“’...but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.’” Acts 1:8

Wherever you are, whoever you speak with today, plant, cultivate, nourish or begin the gathering process for those He is calling.

Know His Word. Take care. Your servant & friend in Christ, Darlene

PS: Ongoing prayer requests: For the New Year in God’s hands. My friend, Hispa, who need to make a wise decision. Those returning to work this week; healing of Barb and Gary, who lost their jobs; wisdom for doctors caring for: Doris, David, Adrian, Randy and Michael. For some new work projects for me. Praise: Lyle’s brother (healing well) and for his girlfriend (who has stayed with him throughout the entire ordeal).