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My grandparents had a little garden on the side of their house, just a few rows of corn,

some tomatoes, squash, and some flowers.

I remember one spring, right after the last freeze.

They let me plant some flower seeds, zineas.

The seed packets showed them in full bloom, bright red.

After planting them, I went by to check them every day.

Finally, after weeks of faith in the soil and hope in the warming spring sun, I found

the first green sprig sprouting through the dark red East Texas clay.

I was so proud.

And a few weeks later, my grandmother used my bright red zineas as the centerpiece for dinner.

Our theme for this meditation from Hebrews chapter 11 is hope.

Having enough faith to have hope at all, really, trusting in the process so much that it's

almost easy to anticipate the outcome.

Faith and hope, one following the other.

As we begin, just rest here having faith in the process of God.

Whether at the beginning or the end of your day, trust in who he is and what he does.

Take three deep belly breaths here as your eyes drift from open into a soft focus to closed.

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