A small rabbit among tall wheat makes the harvest feel immense. With his face peeking out beneath the golden stalks, he gives the sunlit field a tenderness that its grandeur alone could not provide. Around him stands the result of growth that happened long before this quiet evening.
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Galatians 6:9 (KJV)
Paul uses the language of sowing and reaping to encourage persistence in doing good. The surrounding passage speaks of responsibility, generosity, and life in the Spirit, and the next verse urges believers to do good to others whenever they have the opportunity. The harvest image gives that faithful effort a horizon beyond its immediate results.
The ripened wheat offers a fitting place to consider work whose value takes time to become visible. Caring for someone, keeping a commitment, or practicing patience may require repeated effort with little recognition. Weariness can come even when the work matters deeply.
This encouragement allows us to look beyond a single difficult day. We can rest, accept help, and return to the good we are able to do without demanding an instant reward. May we have the strength to continue faithfully, trusting that a worthwhile act does not lose its meaning because its fruit is still unseen.










