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Monday... This is a great picture at what you may be going through.


Monday... This is a great picture at what you may be going through.

There are necessities that we normally go through but they have some difficulties coming from them. Look at this verse.

Psalm 72:6 (AMP) says "May he come down like rain on the mown grass." Now we are in the season where our grass is not growing and when it is not growing then we don't need mowing but you may be in the season when in your personal growth you are growing but you may need to be mowed. And maybe that is what you are going through.

The grass is growing but it needs to be mowed. I wonder if the difficulties that we go through are there to refine us and renew us and refocus us and make us better. To the grass the mowing may not be fun but it sure look good after it happens and then the rain is so refreshing. It is exactly what is needed after the difficulty.

Stop and look at what you are going through. Does it have a purpose that makes you look better? 

What if the grass said, "I never ever want to be mowed again?" What would it look like? 

Now what it says is that after it happens, whatever it is that brings us in line, there is rain. Maybe there is something that is said by someone who really has your best interest at heart but it does hurt and then they put their arm around you and tell you how much they love you and believe in you. Yes, you needed the correction but you also then needed the hug and the word of encouragement.

But the problem is we spend so much time reacting to being shaped up that we miss the rain. We are frustrated at the correcting and miss the encouragement.

Again, what would the grass look like if it never was mowed? Spending time in God's Word helps us grow but it also brings us inline but then it encourages us. And good Christian friends can do the same thing. God uses them and their love and honesty.

Verses 5-7 says, "Let them fear You [with awe inspired reverence and worship You with obedience] while the sun endures, and as long as the moon [reflects light], throughout all generations. May he come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound until the moon is no more."

Sometimes we need some mowing in our life but then we also need to be refreshed. Thanks, God, for your Holy Spirit that refines us and refreshes us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning  


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