The Joyful Harvest of a Tearful Sowing

"The Joyful Harvest of a Tearful Sowing" – Philippians 3:4-14

Sermon by Dr. George C. Anderson from Sunday, January 16, 2022. "The psalm frames a question for us when we face difficult times: 'To sow or not to sow?' Though I’m playing off of Hamlet’s question, I do not mean to be frivolous in asking it. When facing challenges like getting through a pandemic, or facing difficult issues like the legacy of racism in America, or a terrible tragedy like the death of a child, the major question is about stewardship. Is one going to be a steward of challenge, loss, and pain? Sometimes there are lessons to be learned from what is lost (the prophets made that clear to the exiles), and sometimes terrible things happen because that’s the risk of life (the book of Job made that clear to the exiles). But always there is… for lack of a better word… a choice to be made. Am I to find reasons to live forward with hope and faith…or not?"

Read the manuscript on our website: https://www.spres.org/the-joyful-harvest-of-a-tearful-sowing/

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