Bloom where you are planted.
I don’t know if you’ve heard the saying, bloom where you're planted. This saying seems to be what the Lord uses to remind me to stay put. I don’t know if you’re like me and get discontented when challenges arise. Surely if I’m discontented then it is time for change…well, not exactly. It is in these very moments I have found the Lord whispering, you are discontent because you are disconnected from me, the source of contentment. It has been true that in these very moments He is asking of me to trust him right where I am. In doing so, he has revealed once again his nature. He is sovereign, and he is faithful. Sovereign over my future and faithful to keep me on the path that he knows is for me and for his glory. What it has taught me is that the very challenges, the very trials are strengthening my faith. Purifying it, making it of greater worth than anything else on this earth, like money, possessions or achievements. In that, He restores my soul. It says in Psalm 23:2-3, “he makes...