May 8: DON'T PUT DOWN SOD WHERE GOD IS PLANTING SEED.

Affirmation: I am loved and cherished.

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭54:10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

This week, think about what you need to give yourself permission to do. Just like when you were in school and you asked for a permission slip to go to the clinic, or leave early or … Now you write your own permission slips. 

Give yourself permission to:

-love and appreciate yourself.

-be creative

-take time to play and rest

-be calm & still

-to be joyful 

-write your own permission slip

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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: As you focus on the affirmation, read or recite Psalm 143:8. God is with you and will help you to be in the right place at the right time doing the right thing. You are loved immensely and intensely.

“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” Psalm 143:8 NIV

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Live in Grace. Walk in Love. By Bob Goff

May 8

DON'T PUT DOWN SOD WHERE GOD IS PLANTING SEED. HE WANTS US TO GROW, NOT LOOK FINISHED. 

Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. 

1 CORINTHIANS 7:24 

When spring rolls around, I always admire my neighbors' lawns. I only have to walk by a few before I start to wonder why mine doesn't look as good as theirs.

 

You can imagine how excited I was the year I found out I could plant sod instead of seed and have a manicured lawn in an instant. For a little extra money, I could take a shortcut and have a pristine yard in no time. I learned in the process, though, that sod delivers a pretty lawn faster, but faster isn't always better. After a few months, some sections were patchy and parched. It's because the grass is grown on different soil. Good looks aren't always a reflection of good health. 

When we let His grace take root in our hearts, we don't just act like Jesus on the outside, we become more like Jesus on the inside. We become more patient with people who need a lot of grace. We're less interested in our image and more interested in people who are rejected by everyone else. God has you planted right where He wants you. Don't envy your neighbor's lawn or wish you were growing at a different rate. We might be able to look the part faster if we fake it, but our shortcuts will fade and become like a patchy lawn. 

Don't plant sod where God wants you to put seeds. Trust His process in your life. He's more interested in making us grow than having us look finished. 

 

Where are your feet planted? What would it look like for you to bloom there?