Seeds Watered by Tears
There is something deeply comforting about the way Scripture never pretends life is easy. It doesn't tell us that people of faith never cry or never grow weary. Instead, it meets us in the middle of our humanity. One of the verses that has stayed with me recently is found in Psalm 126: "Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy." I've read those words many times over the years, but lately they've settled into my heart in an entirely different way. Perhaps that's because life has a way of helping us understand verses we once simply admired. When I think about sowing, I picture a farmer placing one seed at a time into the ground. There is nothing dramatic about it. No applause. No instant results. Just quiet, faithful work done with the hope that something unseen is happening beneath the surface. The farmer doesn't dig the seed back up the next morning to see if it's growing. He trusts the process. He trusts the seasons. Most of all, he trust...