Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.
4-5 Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don’t be impressed with yourself. Don’t compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.
6 Be very sure now, you who have been trained to a self-sufficient maturity, that you enter into a generous common life with those who have trained you, sharing all the good things that you have and experience.
7-8 Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.
9-10 So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith. Galatians 6: 1 - 10 THE MESSAGE
Wow, many many times I realize that God's WORD speaks for itself. I had some thoughts in my mind to blog about tonight...but as I read this passage from The Message Version, I realized that there really isn't more I can add to this. I will say - I had this "sowinig and reaping" passage on my mind this morning, and was considering a future "message" that I could share with the youth/young adults about reaping what they sow. As one might expect, after developing the ideas in my head, my day proceeded in such a way that I was challenged to consider my own planned exhortation to them - I had to intentionally practice what I was preparing to preach.
I realize how often GOD does this to/for his children. It's like the "joke" about praying for patience -- Don't Do It!-- for as sure as you do, you will be placed in circumstances where you will have to practice it.
This is exactly what happened to me today - and when I realized this, I just thanked GOD for reminding me how very HUMAN I am, and how much work HE still has yet TO DO IN ME! I often tell people, we all wear Human Suits, and sometimes our skin get's caught in the zipper! Well, I have a few zipper burns today!!!
God Bless You on you fantastic and exciting journey!!! Keep Living!
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