You reap what you sow!

Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. (Galatians 6:7)

A woman gave her teenage son a used automobile. The youth enjoyed racing the car around curves so he could hear the tires squeal. One morning his car skidded and smashed into a telephone pole. The boy was thrown through the windshield. . . . When his pastor reached the hospital, the boy's mother was frantic. . . . "Why would God let this happen?"

Her question is understandable, but it misses the hard truth of the situation. . . . God doesn't cancel the rule of sowing and reaping just because we become Christians. But there is an upside of that principle. If we sow "to the Spirit [we] will of the Spirit reap everlasting life" (Galatians 6:8)