Meditations

A Harvest of Joy May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Psalms 126 verse 5. We have to sow seed in order to gather a harvest. This life is intended for sowing. In the next life we will enjoy the fruits of our labors. But we earthbound men and women are so fainthearted and impatient. We want to reap before we sow. We want God to comfort us and make the way smooth in order to lead us to Himself. We express a desire to serve Him, provided that our service to God costs us little. Our arrogance leads us to hope for a great many things, but we want to suffer very few things. How blind we are! Will we never see that the kingdom of heaven is taken by violent attacks? And that only souls who violently and courageously gain victory over themselves are worthy of winning heaven? So let us weep here on earth, for happy are those who weep now. But how terrible it will be for those who laugh now! How terrible for those who have their consolation in this world! The time will come when those vain joys will be put to confusion. Then the world will have its turn to weep, and God Himself will wipe away all tears from our eyes.