How many of us are wearing clothes we bought ten years ago? How many are using computers we bought five years ago? How many of us are driving vehicles more than fifteen years old? Very few of us would answer 'yes' to those questions. The air we breathe is designed to agitate us against the status-quo and implant in us a desire to go over there, up there, under there... anywhere but here.

Do you ever find yourself exhausted by this? If so, the apostle Paul has a good word for you: blossom where you are planted; embrace the power of staying put; be a tree, not a tumbleweed.

How do we blossom where we're planted...
1) Acknowledge your divine appointment
2) Clarify your personal identity
3) Value our collective diversity

Text: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24