Go find some dirt..!

A gardener does not look at the dirt and say, "you're ugly, I won't plant my flowers here." He plants the seed that grows the flowers that make what was once ugly, beautiful.

A farmer does not hope that her crop will grow. She prepares the soil, plants the seed, nourishes the land and tends the crop because she knows the laws of nature.

Jesus once prayed, "Your kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven." I believe that God responded with, "You got it. I will give you the seed that will produce the crop of my kingdom- If you forgive any man his sins, he will be forgiven (John20:23)."

Forgiveness is a seed that brings a garden up from the dirt. This is the nature of God. Knowing this, I have to ask myself, 'When I have the right to be angry and seek vengeance, will I choose to exchange my right for a garden in the dirt which we've all gotten used to?'

If I want to see change in my family, love in my marriage, life in my children... I must plant the seed that will grow into such a tree.

P.S.
Working with Project: AK-47, I was able to witness this principle profoundly. From that I can say this- it is the most breath taking garden I have ever seen, and it only grows in hard soil.

The powerful traveler...

A tire is where the power of a car exists in relationship with the opportunity of the road. Our jobs, ministries, projects and circumstantial situations are nothing more than the tires of who we are. The things we do, are the opportunities for who we are to be powerful.

If we neglect who we are being in the midst of what we are doing, we are little more than a cart waiting to be pulled by the circumstances around us.

Regardless of the road that we find ourselves on or the job we find ourselves in, it is who we are being that is significant, powerful and lasting.

Who will I be today, in the opportunities that I am in right now?