Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Galatians chapter 6 verses 9 and 10:
9So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. 10So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.
An old Spiritual comes to mind:
Don't get weary
'Till your work is done
Don't get weary
'Till your work is done
The road to righteousness ain’t easy. The path to a more perfect union and a more just society is long and hard and requires both grace and grit. We have to keep our hand on the plow and hold on tight.
Frederick Douglass, “Power conceded nothing without a demand.” And even with a demand, power wants to only give an inch when there’s a mile to go. So we have to keep at it. And, if we’re going to get anywhere, we have to know we have to keep at it.
Otherwise, we’ll despair.
“Let us not grow weary in doing what is right,” the Lesson says. Despair is a real temptation. So is resorting to tactics of hate and demonization. But not to grow weary in doing the right things for the right reasons.
“We will reap at harvest time,” the Lesson promises. I have to remind us all, harvest is still a long way off. Technically, it’s not even summer yet. That means we got a lot of hoeing to do yet. It’s going to be a long and hot season and we’ve just started. But here’s the good news: the seed has been planted and it’s found it’s way to fertile soil and the roots are starting to grow.
And so if we keep at it — if we don’t grow weary — then one day our work of Justice will finally be done and the harvest of righteousness will come.
Then it’ll be time to plant again . . .
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