New Season Of Growth

 Seasons change.  The temperature warms up.  The grass begins to grow again.  Landscapers clear gardens of old growth and we soon will see new green shoots and blossoms appearing.  Our new season of life with God in recovery can also be a wonderful time of freshness and new growth.  However, we need the skillful planning and work of God, our “spiritual landscaper”, to remove the weeds and dead leaves and branches that clutter the garden of our hearts and choke the new growth.  We need the right fertilizer to be applied to the soil.  When this is done we will have nutrient rich soil in us to sustain new growth. 

If real change and growth are to take place, our lives need to be given over to the care of God. Only God knows what is best for us, for our relationships, and for our well-being.  It’s at the beginning of a new season that we particularly need to pay attention to and cooperate with what God is saying so our lives are available for all the fresh new things God wants to teach us and grow in our hearts.  

Reading God’s word plants new seeds.  Planting truth helps shape our beliefs, thoughts, and behaviours.  God’s Spirit will water and feed what has been planted.  As we surrender over and over again to God’s Spirit working in us, our hearts will be stirred up and we will become ready for a season of rich new life. 

Prayer:  Wonder Working God, You know the right time for planting what is necessary in this new season of my life.  I surrender my will and my life to Your care.  May this be a time of abundant growth and fruitfulness as I follow Your principles in all my affairs.  Amen

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