Reap what you Sow

Lucky is always a little woebegone when we leave to an agility trial. He doesn't get to come, and with those nostrils that can smell a molecule of ham a mile away, he knows Honeybun is walking out with us accompanied by a cooler full of many molecules of ham.

Yet, when it is time for him to practice some agility, which equal-opportunity Asherel often offers, Lucky bounds over the jumps for a minute or two, and then refuses to do any more. He is a lazy dog, but he forgets all that when we walk out of the house with our cooler of ham. He somehow thinks he deserves to go to the agility trial too and eat handfuls of ham.

So I always leave with a little bit of guilt. Honeybun prances happily beside us and Lucky hangs his head as we head off to the agility trial. Lucky just can't seem to remember that you reap what you sow. The lazy dog does not get the ham.

He is not alone. Most of us long for the goodies of hard work, but we are sometimes loathe to do the hard work itself. We dream of great things, leaping effortlessly over jumps, but we never bothered to develop our leaping muscles. It is true for agility dogs, it is true for living, and it is true spiritually. We all reap what we sow. While you can, sow bountifully.

Still, I sneak Lucky a little piece of ham as we head off to day two of the agility trial.

Job 4:8 (NIV)
As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.

Proverbs 11:18 (NIV)
A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.




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