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You may not feel like you have all of the answers⁣ You may not know where you are ⁣ or how you got there in the first place ⁣ ⁣ Maybe it’s dark ⁣ And you’re afraid ⁣ Wondering what’s around the corner⁣ And how you’re going to get through the day⁣ ⁣ Maybe you feel like you’re drowning ⁣ Being buried by the pressure ⁣ ⁣ Maybe you feel like you’re being pushed through the mud ⁣ Knowing you’ll never measure⁣ ⁣ Up to the expectations of others⁣ Maybe to the expectations of yourself ⁣ ⁣ Or maybe you’re feeling the pressure of others successes⁣ And wondering where are your own⁣ ⁣ Or maybe just maybe you’re simply feeling....alone.⁣ ⁣ But just know sweet friend that the biggest plants take the longest to grow⁣ the longest to root ⁣ the longest to sprout⁣ ⁣ through the surface⁣ and into the light ⁣ ⁣ What’s going on beneath the surface is on a set time table ⁣ one we don’t know ⁣ and one we often question⁣ ⁣ But the One who plants us,⁣ the One who nurtures us into life is the One who knows exactly what we are - and whose we are. ⁣ ⁣ His ⁣ A flower may lasts for a few days, (maybe a week if you’re lucky) but ⁣ a firmly rooted tree with give life for generations ⁣ Let’s be the people who are content with the waiting - content with our current places (regardless of how dark & scary) and reliant on the One who calls us to life abundant.⁣ ⁣ Growth happens at every stage. ⁣ In the ground. ⁣ And in the open.⁣ When we’re new,⁣ And when we’re old.⁣ ⁣ But one thing I know for sure: ⁣ ⁣ “When God seems silent, He is not still.”⁣