96 | Rooted Moment - Curl Around the Rod: Bearing Fruit in the Constrained Place

A short Rooted Moment companion to Episode 95, "Grow Around It."

There is a squash in my garden I have not been able to stop thinking about

— a tromboncino that grew itself completely around the support rod of my

raised bed, and bore its fruit lifted up off the wet ground by the very

thing it had to bend around.

In this short devotional we sit with Paul's thorn — the hard thing he

begged God three times to take away — and the answer he was given: "My

grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Not

on the far side of the hard thing. In it. We ask what it means to stop

waiting for the rod to be removed — and to curl, and bear fruit anyway.

This week's invitation: Don't try to remove the rod today. Today, just curl.

IN THIS ROOTED MOMENT:

- The tromboncino squash that grew around the support rod

- Paul's thorn, and the grace that is made perfect in weakness

- Why your real fruit is not on hold until the obstacle is gone

- The one question to ask instead of "how do I get rid of this"

SCRIPTURE ANCHOR: 2 Corinthians 12:9

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

- Free Rooted in Grace eBook — rootedingrace.me

- Rooted in Grace print book — Amazon

- 30-Day Rooted in Grace Devotional — Amazon

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