"Are you blooming where you’re planted?"

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At first I thought I was mistaken. That couldn’t be what it looked like growing up in the seam between our asphalt driveway and the concrete garage. And yet the leaves sure looked like a vinca.

But as it grew bigger, that’s what it was. Somehow a tiny seed had wedged down in the crack and started to grow. But I just knew it wouldn’t grow big. That there was no nutrition in that crack. And even if it did, someone would back over it so many times that it would die.

But it didn’t die. It’s growing in between where the tires pass as we pull into the garage. And not only did it not die, it bloomed! That’s right, it kept pushing up through the crack, dodging tires, and bloomed. And not just one bloom, but several beautiful, bright blooms lighting up the asphalt and concrete.

There are people who will tell you that you can’t do something that you sense God is calling you to do. There will be every reason in the world why you can’t. Like this vinca, push your head on up above the crowd and bloom where you’re planted as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living everyday.

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