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Summer Journal Reflection - Week 5: Summer Grace

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Join us for a sacred pause in this transformative summer journal reflection exploring the revolutionary concept of grace. In a world that glorifies hustle and grind, discover how to embrace the "unforced rhythms of grace" that Jesus speaks of in Matthew 11.

This week's reflection invites you to learn from summer's natural abundance—how sunshine falls freely, unexpected showers nourish gardens without earning, and cool breezes arrive precisely when needed. Through gentle contemplation and spiritual insight, we'll explore why receiving can be so difficult and how grace operates on a completely different frequency than our culture's conditioning.

• Unforced Rhythms of Grace - Understanding Jesus' invitation in Matthew 11
• The Art of Receiving - Why accepting grace requires vulnerability and surrender
• Summer as Teacher - Learning from nature's abundant, unearned gifts
• Resistance to Grace - Recognizing our tendency to earn, repay, or deflect goodness
• Sacred Awareness - Developing eyes to see grace already flowing in our lives

• Is receiving a hard thing for you?
• Have you received the gift of grace in your life?
• Can you recall specific moments when you experienced unearned goodness, kindness, or love?
• What might it look like to structure your days around receiving grace first, then extending it to others?
• Where do you notice yourself striving for approval that God has already freely given?

Receive - Practice simply receiving this week, recognizing grace already flowing, and responding from a place of having received grace yourself.

Find a growing plant or garden space and observe how it grows without striving—simply positioning itself to receive what's freely given, turning toward light and extending roots toward water.

This practice isn't about perfection—it's about presence. Honor the unique path God has designed specifically for you as you co-create with your Creator the beautiful tapestry of purpose you're meant to bring to the world.

Your authentic voice and honest reflections matter deeply. Take time this week to journal, reflect, and open your heart to the abundant grace already being offered to you.

Remember: The God who designed and formed you knows you better than you know yourself. He desires to walk with you through every season and is faithful to complete what He started in you.