July 5, 23: QUIT WAITING FOR PERMISSION TO DO WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR. GO LOVE EVERYBODY.

Affirmation: I am not less for making mistakes because I am learning.

I have realized that when Douglas and I are learning French on Duolingo, that it is our mistakes that help us learn and understand more clearly how to use the words and the correct tense and spelling. Mistakes are how we learn.
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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff

                        July 5


QUIT WAITING FOR PERMISSION TO DO WHAT YOU WERE MADE FOR. GO LOVE EVERYBODY. 

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." The second is this: "Love your neighbor as yourself." There is no commandment greater than these. 
MARK 12:30-31 

When kids are young, parents can seem like the sheriffs stopping all the fun. Kids need to ask permission to do everything. "Can we stay up later?" "Can I go to camp?" "Can I go to the movies?" As our kids grow up, the questions become, "Can I have some money for the trip?" or "Can I borrow the car?" Adults are the gatekeepers of life. 


Parents know that healthy guardrails are good for their kids. But these boundaries in childhood conditioned some of us to look to someone else before we took a step as we got older. Even with beautiful things in our lives that bring us happiness and joy, we're conditioned to think our desires will lead us astray, so we're hesitant to fully embrace them. We become suspicious of our hearts and look to people in authority to affirm we're on the right track before we take a next step. 


What was once good parenting can cause us to stagnate as adults. God gave us a sense of direction for our lives by creating us with gifts and passions to lead the way. He wired us with beautiful desires that point us toward the next right thing. We don't need to wait for permission to take the next step toward the vision He gave us; we just need a little courage. He's already tossed you the keys to the car. Get it out of the garage, take it out on the road, and see what it will do. 


We're past the days of needing to wait for permission. If your plans include loving the people around you the way Jesus did, you've already got all the green light from God you need. 


What are you waiting on permission for? 


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