Producing a Harvest

Seed sown among THORNS hear the WORD but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for OTHER things come in and CHOKE the word, making it UNFRUITFUL.

Seed sown on GOOD SOIL, hear the WORD, accept it and PRODUCE a CROP – thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.

Mark 4:18-20

Did you know that God is an amazing business mentor?

I spend every morning with him, to center my focus and provide clarity for today’s journey. Sometimes I know where the journey is leading and sometimes I do not.

When you read the verse above, the WORD is your conversation with God, whether in prayer, reading the Bible or stilling your own voice to hear his. Oftentimes though, we spend less time talking to him and more time talking to the world. 

The world includes, but not limited to: social media, dream critics, network news, and your inner critic.

You know what critique I’m really tired of hearing?

I wonder what my purpose is or what I am called to do OTHER THAN JUST BEING A MOM?

My loves, we are changing that narrative here and now.

To begin, I want to reiterate a portion of the verse above: Seed sown on GOOD SOIL, hear the WORD, accept it and PRODUCE a CROP – thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times what was sown.

First, WE ARE NOT ALL CALLED TO THE SAME HARVEST. Read that again. Say it out loud. 

But let’s be honest. For me personally, I want to be the person who is harvesting 100 times what was sown. Those that harvest ONLY 30 times are less capable, right? There was a season in my previous business that I was producing in the 100 times club. But what did it cost? Time with my family – a family that includes a hunky hubby and four, amazing, YOUNG children. 

I have since realized that my best harvest, right now, is in my children. With children, you are planting an apple orchard, not lettuce. It takes years for a single apple tree to grow, but once it matures, i can produce hundreds of apples.

As a mother, you are sowing most of your resources – time, energy, finances – into the next generation. Yet when they are grown, sweet mama, you will see your harvest. I can see my resources multiplying to a capacity of more than 100x as each of my children produces their 30, 60, 100 harvests. 

Your children rest on your shoulders. Build the foundation, teach them to have character, integrity, love, kindness, and how to serve others, and resources will come. If you ONLY focus on the resources, their foundation will crumble under the weight of responsibility those resources require.