The Gospel While Mowing

The next time you're outside mowing the lawn, pulling weeds, or raking leaves let it be an occasion to remind you of why we need the gospel.

Remember Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after eating the forbidden fruit. Soon thereafter God curses the Snake, Eve, and then Adam. See below for the curse upon Adam.


Genesis 3:17-19
“...Cursed is the ground because of you;

    through painful toil you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.
¹⁸ It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.
¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow
    you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”

So the next time you're soaking wet with sweat from mowing the lawn, remember you're a sinner and this is part of our curse. Let this stir us on to think about the redemption which God has accomplished for us... with one very, very small fulfillment being no more "painful toiling" over this earthly ground.

Or possibly better yet, let your kids mow the lawn and remind them that they are sinners and let them contemplate what God has done through Christ for them. I know it might be tough giving up this job, but remember, its for their sake. :)