On Monday, September 20, 2010, an aspiring rapper pleaded guilty in Virginia to killing his 16-year-old girlfriend, her parents and her friend. The murders took place just days after the adults chaperoned the teens at a music festival featuring artists rhyming about raping, killing and mutilating people. Richard “Sam” McCroskey, 21, was sentenced to life in prison.

The Bible says, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” (Gal.6:7-8).

The results of sowing bad seeds are not always as disastrous as the above example, but the principle holds true—You reap what you sow.  Armed with this knowledge, we all should be careful what kinds of seeds we sow with our thoughts, our words and our actions.