Law of the Harvest

As I was eating my lunch today -- corn on the cob from our garden -- I was thinking about the law of the harvest. I marveled at the fact that two or three months ago we planted a seed in the ground and now we have ears of corn to eat. Planting seeds, watering, fertilizing, weeding, and finally harvesting. It's cool to be able to see the whole process and "reap what we have sown". This is the gospel law of the harvest. You reap what you sow.

Of course, we are not just talking about corn and zucchini. But it's a wonderful analogy. Our thoughts and actions are what we sow, and the consequences of such are what we reap.

People who make poor choices must reap the consequences of those choices.

Also, the law of the harvest says we need to work for what we get. If we want to eat corn we need to plant the seed, nurture it, and then comes the harvest.

This is what I was talking about when I was talking about socialism and the sense of entitlement that people in this country seem to have. They want something for nothing. This is contrary to the gospel law of the harvest.

"No matter how it is disguised, getting something for nothing is contrary to the gospel law of the harvest: “Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7; see also 2 Corinthians 9:6)." -- Dallin H. Oaks

There you have it, from the mouth of one of the 12 apostles. Anyway, this is what I was thinking about during my lunch today.

That's my two cents.