06/08/2026
Word for Today - KNOW THAT SOMETHING BETTER IS COMING
2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."
Every gardener knows something that beginners often forget. Before anything beautiful grows, the ground usually looks worse for a while. Stones get pulled up. Roots are torn out. Old branches are cut away. For a short season, the soil looks disturbed and unfinished. God sometimes works the same way in the human heart. I’m sure there have been moments in your life when God began touching areas you have grown used to living with. Over time, little things have a way of settling into the heart, much like leaves and debris collecting in a garden that hasn't been tended. They rarely come all at once. Sometimes it starts with something small, a hurt that just never quite leaves. You don't even think about it much anymore. It's just there. Other times it's irritation—nothing major, just little moments that get under your skin. You brush them off, but they keep coming back. And then there are those days where complaining slips out a little easier than it should, not because you mean to, but just because things didn't go the way you expected. Then there is envy. It creeps in through comparison. You see someone else's blessing, and suddenly your own life feels smaller than it once did. A quick temper can grow the same way. What begins as frustration becomes the regular tone of your reactions. Even a grumbling spirit slowly changes the atmosphere of the soul. Gratitude fades. The mind begins searching for what is wrong instead of noticing the goodness of God that surrounds you daily.
Bishop D.