"How are you shaped?"

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My grandfather died several years ago. He was like a second dad to me.

Some friends gave me a couple of rose bushes in his memory, knowing that I love growing roses and that I’d appreciate the gift of living roses more than cut flowers. One of the notes attached to the gift encouraged me to remember him as I planted, cultivated, pruned, watered and fertilized the bush; to remember how he shaped me into the son and man, husband and father that I am today, and to appreciate who I am even more. It suggested that I reflect on how he cultivated me through our incredible relationship and how I can pass on the beauty of his living colors to my daughters and their children.

So that’s what I’m doing—caring for those roses in a special way, knowing that as I do, I’m so grateful that he invested his time in shaping me into who I am today.

So how are you shaped? And who shaped you? God sends special people into your life as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living, and invites you to pass it on.

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