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Where The Weeds Grow

“Some seed fell on the foot path and the birds ate it, other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock and sprang up quickly, but it soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the root had no nourishment in the soil. Other seed fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades so that it produced no grain. Still other seed fell on fertile soil and produced a crop thirty, sixty and even hundred times are much.” Mark4:4-8 NLT The seed can be put out in the same field and have different results, but why? The seed cannot be planted if your heart is hard and so closed off from God it cannot even fight its way in. Your ears are being filled with our enemies lies instead of letting the truth in. Where God is trying to work in you, Satan is trying ten times harder. You can be in your walk with God and be connected to Him, but the roots are not deep enough for it to take hold and flourish. We can be in a place where we receive the word and we know the right…

Mine

This Saturday I was asked to be apart of such an amazing event, Made For More, put on by Ruth + Esther. I am still in so much awe of God’s goodness and His grace. Being in that room surrounded by women who are seeking Him and loving each other is the most incredible thing. Sometimes I sit here and I am just in complete awe of God. The parts of me that shamed me for so long, the parts that of my life that were so broken, He is using now to bring glory to His name. Last night as I listened to Hannah Lane speak; she had us close our eyes and imagine us being at the feet of God, handing over something that we are struggling with so that we can better follow Him. Then she asked us to see what God said to us and for me He said, “Mine.” So often I forget that I am His. That my faults and with all my wrongs He is still there loving me through it all. We are human and we will continue to struggle in this imperfect world and make mistakes, sometimes more…