THE HARVEST

Proverbs 10: 5 He who gathers in the summer is a wise son, he who sleeps during the
Harvest is a son that embarrasses.

There were several months of waiting but at last the time had arrived. It was not any time, It was not an ordinary event. It was a time of work but also of rejoicing, it was the time of Enjoy after several months of physical efforts and trust that the earth and its nutrients do their work. Months ago a field had been prepared, seed had been scattered and there had been prayed for the rain. The seed germinated, grew and the spike soon appeared and then matured.

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He an event that would arouse joy but also require a vigilant spirit, was the harvest. Is summer, so it's time to fill the granaries; in the field not all the time is harvested, so both the barn must be full to feed the family while a new era arrives
to sow and harvest.

The neighbors were not spectators; commonly in the crops the families came together to help harvest and thus not let any untimely rain or a strong The wind would remove the grain from the spike and lose what it was worked for.

The voices of joy were heard, the songs on both sides of the land to be harvested. The bunches
they arm themselves and then they are taken to be threshed and get the precious fruit.

They need all the possible hands. Boys and girls, men and women take part in the
harvest. Families were very clear that harvests are for two things: first to give
seed that sows and second to give bread to the one who eats and of course they knew who was coming
all. It can not be sown without seed and can not be harvested without sowing. It was catastrophic that
a harvest was lost, that family was exposed to hunger and all needs. Was
inconceivable to think that after having prepared a plot, spread seed, fertilize, remove
the weeds; You could lose a harvest.

Proverbs 10: 5 In his second part he tells us about such a catastrophe. It is the image of a family that You need to collect the harvest. The father summons all his members, determines a time for
do it, prepare everything, as if to say: "we are in harvest time! We will get up early
take her!". The family rests in the night, a great day is coming and they need to be rested for be able to perform at work. The family will eat for several months of this harvest. The father trusts
that his son will be there with him, harvesting. Good thing some neighbors will be there to help
But what dad does not love that his children share all the moments with him ?, the harvest
It is a special moment.
The next morning everyone goes to the work camp but, surprise! the harvester's son
He is not with his father. Where are you then? This son is sleeping. How is that? It's time to
harvest, nobody sleeps late, it's not time to sleep, it's time to harvest, it's time to harvest
Collect the fruit of the sowing.
Then the image of the proverb is that of a man who reaps and a son who sleeps. He
father is accompanied, but his son who should be there harvesting with him has stayed
Sleeping What a frustrating! The harvest that the son should pick up is being collected by
neighbors and these in turn look with regret at the father. The son, instead of honoring the father, has
publicly shamed What must have been a time of joy became a disgrace to
the father. This son let his harvest time pass, he preferred to sleep. By the way sleeping of
proverbs 10: 5 is not a mild sleep but deep, it is a lethargy. It is not a restorative dream, it is
a bad sleep.

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Proverbs 10: 5 He who gathers in the time of the harvest is a sane man; more who
sleeps and snores in summer, is a fool.