"Where are you growing?"

One fall, I got on my tractor and scattered grass seed in our horse pastures. Now if you could see our horse pastures, you’d know that the soil is really rocky ground.
Well, of course, when I scattered the grass seed, some of it fell on really rocky ground. There was nothing I could do about it, but hope that it grew.

And it did. Well, at least, the seed sprouted grass on the rocks. The seed rooted in the shallow soil and actually sprouted. But the roots were so shallow and unprotected from the scorching sun that they withered and dried up, killing the grass.

So where are you growing your spirit? In really rocky ground where your roots stay shallow? Or in deep, rich soil that’s filled with the best stuff in the world—love and peace, grace and forgiveness, joy and happiness?

You decide where you want to be planted and scatter yourself there as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.