“Planting seeds produces inner growth that we carry with us for the rest of our lives, no matter where we roam. That growth impacts both what we do and who we are.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee In Chapter 13 (“You are Allowed to Change”) of Growing Slow, Jennifer Dukes Lee asserts that even though we plant […]
“Even though the harvest isn’t what you thought, the harvest is still here. The Lord of the Harvest is always working many steps ahead of us, and what he has produced in and through us is not always immediately evident. . . . You are not forgotten when the harvest looks different than you dreamed.”- […]
“Don’t mistake fences for walls. Walls can feel closed in and tight. . . . Fences aren’t intended to divide. Good fences protect and preserve the beautiful things you’re growing. Fences communicate your belief that your land holds life worthy of safeguarding.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee (emphasis author’s) “A man without self-control is like an city […]
“There’s the pressure to keep pressing on, . . putting one foot in front of the other. There’s no time to cry or process. We have to intentionally build time into our lives so that we can see that God is loving us right here.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee “For it is by grace you have […]
“We undervalue the little things, but . . . the little things are the big things, and these are the things that change the world. So many people I know minimize themselves with the phrase ‘just a’ . . . that phrase — ‘just a’ — needs to be stricken from our vocabulary. ‘Just a’ […]
“Hurry is the enemy of beauty. Beauty comes when we stay instead of run; when we taste instead of shovel in; when we take the long way home after work and see the brightest blue sky open before us. Quicker is not always better.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee In Chapter 7 (“Built to Last”) of Growing […]
“Don’t assume nothing is growing. While you are planting seeds, he is growing you. Let’s not forget that we are fields, not just farmers. Deep spiritual growth is happening under the surface. A seedling will burst forth. In his will . . . his way . . . his timing.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee “So let’s […]
“If I know too much about what was to come, I would have resisted and manipulated. I would have rushed through the seasons that hurt the most, rather than staying in the rearranged places where God chose to come close.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee In Chapter 5 (“Letting Go of Expectations”) of Growing Slow, Jennifer Dukes […]
“In each season, you will find that the secret to Growing Slow comes in the waiting as the Lord plants seeds into the precious, yielding soil of you. In this place, tucked under the dirt, you will grow roots deep enough to push forth the fruit of a life worth living.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee “I […]
“I am God’s field and so are you. You are exactly where you are supposed to be. . . . God knows the lay of the land that makes you you. He is planting seed within you — seeds which will bear internal fruit with eternal value. He knows exactly how to care for you, […]
“Growing slow is a school of patience in which we are nurtured into spiritual maturity. Growing Slow is a daily choice to see where God is already working and then the conscious decision to join him there.”- Jennifer Dukes Lee “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”- 2 […]
“What do we do when cynicism creeps up, like weeds on a bald area of field during a season that was designed for planting? . . . Growing slow is an uncomfortable options when you want a quick fix. But the secret to an unhurried heart is found here, where the air is so quiet […]