I have been working through a 30 day devotional plan to read Oswald Chamber’s “My Utmost for His Highest.”\u00a0 Yesterday’s daily reading spoke deeply to me. The devotional is set out of Matthew 6:25-34, where Jesus is talking about not worrying.\u00a0 In the devotional, it talks about verse 28, “Consider the lilies of the field…” and I was blown away from Chambers words.\u00a0 “They grow where they are planted.\u00a0 Many of us refuse to grow where God plants us.\u00a0 Therefore, we don’t take root anywhere.” Wow.\u00a0 Those words hit close to my heart.\u00a0 By nature, I am always looking ahead.\u00a0 Always looking at tomorrow.\u00a0 Always looking at the next big thing God could be calling us to, never appreciating this moment.\u00a0 This moment to be planted and to grow.\u00a0 To appreciate this season, this here and now. So often, I reflect back and feel a tinge of sadness and regret when I realize how much I did not appreciate the moment, and how I didn’t always embrace those seasons and those moments to grow where I was planted.\u00a0 Time passes in the blink of an eye. I challenge you, as I challenge myself, to appreciate where God has called you to be in this moment.\u00a0 Take up root, be a blessing and grow right here and now where you are.\u00a0 <3 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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