Hosea 10:11-12

"Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and..."

"[God] said, "Plant the good seeds of righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard ground of your hearts, for now is the time...."

"This month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which signifies to open, because all the buds and blossoms are now opening,..."

Inspirational illustration of Hosea 10:12 -- 12 Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you.

What's the ultimate loss of control? Paul Faulkner reminds us that we have to give God control now, even though we fear it, because death comes and sooner or later we're going to have to yield control to him, now.

Are you tired of having to pay the piper? Often the difficult things in our lives we want to blame on God are really only the result or consequences of our own bad choices and decisions and actions.