WE REAP WHAT WE SOW

WE REAP WHAT WE SOW

According to the Holy Writ, “whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)  This spiritual principle pertains to both good and bad seeds, so we must be careful what we are planting in this life.  Allow me to share a very positive story that powerfully illustrates this truth.

One stormy night an elderly couple entered the lobby of a small hotel and asked for a room.  The clerk informed them that they were fully occupied, as were all the hotels in town.  “But I can’t send a fine couple like you out into the rain,” he remarked compassionately.  “So I’ll give you my room; would you be willing to sleep there?”  The couple hesitated, but the clerk insisted. The next morning when the hotel guest paid his bill, he said, “You’re the kind of man who should be managing the best hotel in the United States.  Someday I’ll build one just for you.”  The hotel clerk smiled deferentially and politely, expecting nothing in return.

A few years later that clerk received a letter from the elderly man, who recalled that stormy night of unusual hospitality and asked him to come to New York.  A round-trip ticket was enclosed.  When the clerk arrived, his host took him to the corner of 5th Avenue and 34th Street where stood a magnificent new building. “This,” explained the man, “is the hotel I have built for you to manage.”  That wealthy man was William Waldorf Astor, and the beautiful edifice he had built was the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.  That young unselfish clerk, George C. Boldt, became its very first manager.

My friend, keep on sowing good seeds.  Whether anyone cares or is aware, our Father is always observing, and your harvest will surely come.

Sisters and brothers, be continually blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON COMING KING. Maranatha!