Lesson from a Field
One early summer day John and Julie woke up to see the sun shining brightly. They bounced up out of bed and went downstairs to see their mother. "Mummy, what a lovely day! Let's go for a picnic, back to that place where we went last summer; remember how nice it was with all those bright coloured flowers and the friendly cows and the green fields?"
Mother was rather busy, but when she saw their excited faces she decided to stop her work, and take them off for the day. So, off they went and soon arrived at their favourite picnic spot, but Oh dear, their happy faces soon became so glum.
This is what they found: instead of the green grass, there was just a ploughed-up field, all bare, brown earth. No friendly cows, or bright flowers, or singing birds - just a few squawking seagulls who were picking up worms. John and Julie both cried, "Who has spoiled our lovely field?" Mummy put a hand on each of their heads and said, "Come along children, let's find another spot to have our picnic, and then I'll answer your question."
Later on, this is what their mummy told them, "Well, children, remember how this morning you thought back to your lovely field and now, this afternoon, you have found it all ploughed up. But do this, close your eyes and think of your field - not as a green flowery field - but as it will be in the autumn, with all its heavy ripe stocks of corn or wheat. Not a green field, but a golden field glinting in the sunlight." As mummy spoke, she saw the faces of the children brighten up, all smiles again.
You know, boys and girls, as we grow up and live our lives from year to year, there are many lessons for us to learn, and this is one of them. What may seem to be the end of something good is very often the beginning of something better. That's what it was like when Jesus, Who was all good, died on the cross. For when He "rose again" He made things much better, because He died for our sins, and now we, by trusting Him, can live forever with Him. Jesus taught us that lesson about the "corn of wheat" being sown into the ground and dying. But afterwards comes the harvest in that field.