Lately God's been speaking to me about surviving versus thriving. He draws my attention towards things like a beautiful rose among several dying bushes, or one lone bright orange flowers in a rooftop cacti garden. Those flowers are doing more than surviving, they're thriving. The other plants are surviving, barely, but that which is thriving bears fruit.
I think most people think if something was different their life would be better. (I doubt my grammar on that sentence, but I hope you understand.) Maybe you wake up at 6 every day to get your kids off to daycare, and yourself to a tedious job knowing you'll be bogged down with people's issues. You know you won't get home until 6, just in time to make dinner, clean up, try to spend a minute with the kids, watch House, and get to bed to do it all over again the next day. All you have to look forward to are those 2 weeks vacation you take every year. Or maybe your situation is completely different, but you can relate to how difficult your life is. I don't have the answers about how to change things, but I know that's not the way it's supposed to be. You are meant to thrive, not just survive in your surroundings. Are you bearing fruit? If not, what do you need to change? Whatever your situation you're being called to thrive in it. If you feel like you're only surviving take it to God and ask Him what you need to change, most likely it's just your outlook.
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