...but one who

sows righteousness

gets a sure reward.

      Proverbs 11. 18

(What am I sowing

in this situation

    or this relationship?

Even in the hard

       painful places

and among

   impossible people,

what seeds am I

              planting,

what fruit am I

              nurturing,

what will come up

   out of this

   barren ground?

Righteousness

    doesn't just happen,

nor its fruit,

but from an intentional

  heart and living

  faithfully before You.

Righteousness is

what is good and right,

things done justly

    and faithfully,

as in what pleases God,

kind and grace-filled,

and seeking the welfare

of others,

even those

            yet unborn.)

O LORD,

We do not know,

we cannot know,

the fruit that You bear

through our lives,

the planting of seeds

   in the lives of others,

in innumerable lives

  of people that

  we will never even know.

May we be faithful to You

in whatever You place

on the paths

            before us,

wherever and

             among whomever.

Righteousness is

  never done in isolation.

We don't need to grasp

the enormity of

      what You are doing.

We just need to be

          faithful to You.

Let our lives, O LORD,

be a testimony of

   Your love and grace.