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Quiet Trust in Unseen Growth – Held in Grace · Still, Here

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  SPEAKER_00: This is still here.
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  SPEAKER_00: A quiet moment to remember what is true.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen to these words from the book of Mark, chapter 4, verses 26 and 27.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus said,
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  God's kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth and
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  should sleep and
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  SPEAKER_00: rise night and day,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the seed should spring up and grow,
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  SPEAKER_00: though he doesn't know how.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is hard to trust what cannot yet be measured.
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  SPEAKER_00: If growth is slow,
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  SPEAKER_00: hidden,
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  SPEAKER_00: or difficult to explain,
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  SPEAKER_00: the mind begins to wonder if anything is happening at all.
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  But Jesus speaks of a seed that grows even when the one
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  watching it cannot explain the process.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is how much of God's work happens.
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  SPEAKER_00: Quietly.
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  SPEAKER_00: Below the surface.
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  SPEAKER_00: Beyond constant awareness.
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  Not because nothing is happening,
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  but because not everything holy can be managed.
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  SPEAKER_00: The need to control the process often comes from fear.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fear that if growth cannot be tracked, it might not be real.
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  SPEAKER_00: But trust lives differently.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trust allows room for mystery,
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  SPEAKER_00: room for hidden roots,
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  SPEAKER_00: room for God to work deeper than understanding can reach.
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  SPEAKER_00: The seed is growing even now.
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  SPEAKER_00: You do not have to force what God is already bringing to life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take a moment for this prayer of presence.
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  God of hidden growth,
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  quiet the need in me to measure what you are doing before I
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  trust it.
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  Strengthen my awareness of your presence within me even when
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  change feels slow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Help me release what I cannot control
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  And listen for what you are quietly forming Let trust become
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  steadier than my need
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  for proof Amen As you turn toward your work and
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  responsibilities carry this prayer
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  with you You grow what I cannot see I trust your hidden work
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  You grow what I cannot
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  SPEAKER_00: see
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  I Trust Your Hidden Work You Grow What I Cannot See I Trust
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  Your Hidden Work You
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  Grow What I Cannot See I Trust Your Hidden Work Until Next Time
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  Stay Steady Stay
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  SPEAKER_00: Open Stay Present You Are Still
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  SPEAKER_00: Here.