As we approach summer, plants are nestled into the dark soil, seeds are pushed deep below the surface and pesky weeds are plucked & tossed. Similar to this process, we were placed by God's design into the sphere {garden} of influence we now occupy. As followers of Christ we want to flourish and we want to grow. Unfortunately there are times when along with the good seeds there are some seeds of dissatisfaction that get dropped. We begin to see that the tomatoes have a trellis to climb or that the strawberries can fan out over the ground and here we {I} am just a carrot who gets to pop my little green sprout up just in time to be plucked from the earth. Often these seeds of dissatisfaction can almost look like good things. The fact that I am unmarried when I desire to be married. To be joined to another person so that life can be lived together, challenge each other, spur each other on. The fact that I do not have children a...
Sometimes prespective comes out of nowhere...and usually unexpected or unsolicited! I suppose since I'm reading the book ( One Thousand Gifts ), the thought of gratefulness should have been expected, but yet it still seemed to hit me upside the head. Really? I should live with an attitude of gratefulness? Will that really make me feel better about life? Will all my troubles just vanish? Will I suddenly see world peace? Okay, so my expectations were a little out of reach. However, if your attitude changes, doesn't your perspective? As I continue to read this book...I feel convicted. Not just a little pang of "yikes, I ...
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