The Sluggard will not plow...

Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Truly, my heart is convicted that the plowing of my garden of fruit is not plowed. More than this concern, my heart aches for many whose gardens on earth are truly tilled and straight and whose fallow hearts have not been tilled. The heart is deceitful above all things and desparately wicked and we have but this short life to till the field of our hearts and reap life eternal. Not being able to eat of the fruit of the earth is painful, and yet you still can beg, if need be. There is no begging, when heaven's door is closed shut. Sad, that as Christians, we live so long without seeking the face of our God, in His Word. Many tears will be shed, that we were so unaware of the presence of God in His Word. What could we have won, for our generation on the earth, had we not used excuses of the cold, to keep us from searching His Word for truth. Another generation may win the prize and we may be disappointed. He will wipe every tear from our eyes; but, can one be His, who has no desire to know Him, or know more of Him?