🌿 Rooted — Day 21 When God Asks You to Make Room 📖 “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.” — Psalm 139:23 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about how easily our hearts become cluttered. Responsibilities. Expectations. Worries. Even good things. And sometimes w

🌿 Rooted — Day 20 When You Feel Like You’re Carrying Everyone Else 📖 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about how easily caring for someone can turn into feeling responsible for everything they’re going t

🌿 Rooted — Day 19 When You Keep Trying to Force the Fruit 📖 “Remain in me, as I also remain in you.” — John 15:4 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about how often I try to force spiritual growth. I want to be more patient, worry less, forgive more easily, and have stronger faith. And when I str

🌿 Rooted — Day 18 When You Keep Looking at Someone Else’s Fruit 📖 “Each one should test their own actions… without comparing themselves to someone else.” — Galatians 6:4 (NIV) Have you ever looked at someone else’s gifts and wondered why you couldn’t be more like them? I have. Sometime

🌿 Rooted — Day 17 When Your Roots Become Entangled 📖 “Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.” — Hebrews 12:1 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about how a plant’s roots can become so tangled that they actually keep it from growing. And I wonder how often tha

🌿 Rooted — Day 16 When You Mistake the Season for the Ending 📖 “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about trees in the winter. Bare branches. No leaves. Nothing blooming. If we didn’t know bette

🌿 Rooted — Day 15 When God Asks You to Stay Planted 📖 “They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.” — Jeremiah 17:8 (NIV) I’ve learned that when life gets uncomfortable, my first instinct is often to want something to change. The waiting. The unce

🌿 Rooted — Day 14 When You Feel Like Nothing Is Growing 📖 “But only God, who makes things grow.” — 1 Corinthians 3:7 (NIV) Have you ever wondered if you’re actually growing in your faith? I have. Sometimes I think I should be more patient, worry less, and trust God more than I do. B

🌿 Rooted — Day 13 When Your Roots Reach for Living Water 📖 “Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.” — John 4:14 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about how a plant can look healthy above the ground while its roots are struggling to find water. I wonder how often that’s true of us.

🌿 Rooted — Day 12 When the Weeds Start Taking Over 📖 “But the worries of this life… come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.” — Mark 4:19 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about how quickly weeds take over a garden. And how easily the same thing happens in my heart. Worry. Busyness. Co

🌿 Rooted — Day 11 When the Soil of Your Heart Gets Hard 📖 “But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it.” — Matthew 13:23 (NIV) I’ve learned that a heart doesn’t become hard overnight. Sometimes it’s the disappointments, unanswered prayers, and

🌿 Rooted — Day 10 When You Keep Returning to What God Brought You Through 📖 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!” — Isaiah 43:18–19 (NIV) I’ve learned that sometimes the hardest place to leave isn’t a physical place. It’s a place in our minds.

Rooted Day 9 — When the Storm Reveals Your Roots 📖 “The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” — Matthew 7:25 (NIV) I’ve been thinking about the two houses Jesus described in Matthe

🌿 Rooted — Day 8 When You Feel Like You’re Falling Behind 📖 “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” — Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV) Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Shouldn’t I be further along by now?” Further along in healing. In faith. In life. I’ve been there. It’s eas

🌿 Rooted — Day 7 When You Keep Pouring Into Everyone Else 📖 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” — Matthew 11:28 (NIV) I’ve learned that it’s easy to spend so much time caring for everyone else that I forget I need care, too. I encourage others to re

Rooted Day 6 — When the Roots Grow in the Dark Scripture “Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” — Colossians 2:7 (NLT) Reflection Much of our spi

Rooted Day 5 — When God Prunes What You Wanted to Keep Scripture “He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.” — John 15:2 (NIV) Reflection I’ve learned that sometimes the hardest part o

Rooted Day 4 — When You’re Tempted to Dig Up the Roots Scripture “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.” — Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) Reflection I’ve noticed something about myself. When I’ve been waiting on God for a while and nothing seems t

Rooted Day 3 — When You Can’t See What God Is Doing Scripture “For we live by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) Reflection I think one of the hardest parts of trusting God is not being able to see what He’s doing. I like to see progress. I like to know there’s a

Rooted Day 2 — When Your Feelings Tell You Otherwise Scripture “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” — Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) Reflection I’ve learned that one of the hardest places to stay rooted is when what I feel doesn’t match what I know to