I love to go for walks, and I also love to look for and expect God to speak to me through e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g!
Over the last few years l’ve discovered a new and most unexpected outlet for His reminders: trash.
So whenever I go on a walk, I look for “trash talk”…l pick it up and examine it before throwing it away, and in this way it’s a double win- I get a kick out of how He encourages, and whatever place I’m walking at gets some TLC!
Well, it has been awhile since I found anything that really spoke to me. And I was thinking that in my head as I was driving down the road to meet my husband for a lunch-break walk at the pond near our house.
Now of course I know that God knows my thoughts, but it never ever fails to delight me when He responds to them, especially as quickly as He did this time!
I park my van, open the door, and directly beside me in the parking lot is this little pumpkin tag— just trash someone had discarded, or better to assume— that had blown away from someone’s flowers down the yard. 😉 Regardless of how it got there though, it was perfectly timed and it made me literally laugh out loud as I read it!
So personal.
Such a timely reminder for me!
Here is what it said, and what He said to me through it:
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“#12 Hardy Mum:”
(My daughter’s volleyball 🏐 number is 12!)
(Hardy Mum— Hardy Mom)
(How to be a hardy mom…)
(Definition of hardy… “robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions”)
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Care:
“Full sun”
(Take care of yourself my staying full of the Son!) ☀️
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“Water & Fertilize moderately:”
(God uses both the good stuff 🍶 and the “poop” 💩 for our good!)
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And probably my favorite and most-needed reminder— “Pick off spent blooms to promote continuous blooming” 🌻 🤯
(We have to let go of the past— even the parts that were once beautiful, the seasons we don’t want to see go— and embrace the present, in order to receive the gift of living in gratitude today. In order to promote continuous blooming! I love this so much!)
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✨ All together now:
“How to be a robust mom, capable of enduring difficult conditions… Take care of yourself by staying full of the Son…Remember, God uses the good and the crappy both for our good… Let go of the past, don’t be afraid to pick off spent blooms, in order to promote continuous blooming!” ✨
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Amen. Amen. Amen!
Just wanted to share today.
We never know how God will speak to us- if we are always talking to Him and waiting eagerly for His replies!
He is the best conversationalist!
Mere language is not enough for Him.
He can use EVERYTHING – even trash! 🗑️
Nothing goes to “waste” with Him! (And no— no I couldn’t resist a good pun! 😉)
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