Step by Step: Growing in Faith, One Step at a Time. Sample

Imagine yourself walking through rows of wildflowers in a garden. It may be easy to see the different shades, sizes, and shapes that are peeking up and think that the flowers have always been that way, but every flower started as a seed. For a season, it may have looked like nothing was growing because we could only see the dirt covering the surface. It was when the seed was watered and given sunlight, it dug its roots into the ground because soon it would sprout and grow above the surface.

Just like the flowers growing from just a seed, God is working in the same way. Even when it feels like God is not working, God is quite possibly doing more than you can see. And how do we remember that? By being still. It’s when we are still, or undistracted, that we can really remember this truth.

Go outside and find something that’s growing–a flower, tree, bush, or even blade of grass. If you can, pick a flower or a blade of grass! Place it somewhere you’ll see it often this week as a reminder that God is still working, even when we can’t see it.

Written by Jazmyn, age 18, from Porterville, California, USA