The law of sowing and reaping
gave us great hope. We believed that each of
us had the power to change our relationship
simply by sowing the right seeds into it over
time. We felt great assurance and joy knowing
that if we sowed patience, kindness,
gentleness, self-control, joy, and peace, then
our relationship would be filled with the fruit of
the Spirit. Though this was easier said than
done, we knew that even if only one of us was
sowing the right seeds, we could still hope to
see righteous fruit and great benefits for both
of us. Because seeds have life within them, every
good and necessary deed or word puts (or
sows) life into the marriage. Seeds also
represent the promise of abundance: “But this
[I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap
also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully
shall reap also bountifully” ( 2 Cor. 9:6). In
other words, we could begin focusing on the
future knowing that by doing or saying what
was right, we would make the future bright.