{"id":48,"date":"2026-02-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/?p=48"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:45:26","slug":"plant-something-worth-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/plant-something-worth-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Something Worth Growing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n<!-- SATURDAY -->\n<!-- TITLE: Plant Something Worth Growing -->\n<!-- ============================================================ -->\n\n<div style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #2c2c2c; max-width: 720px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n\n  <div style=\"background: #2c2c2c; color: #f5f5f0; padding: 32px; border-radius: 4px; margin: 0 0 24px 0;\">\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">Hey family,<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">If you made it through this week being mindful of every word you spoke, same. I made it about halfway through Monday before I said something at home I immediately wished I could take back.<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">Here is what I know about us: we are not going to get this perfect. But <strong style=\"color: #D4A574;\">God loves our progress, not our perfection.<\/strong><\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">This week we looked at the fruit of our words, 7,000 of them every single day. The question is not whether we are going to say something we regret; we will. The real question is whether we are willing to stop, look at the tree we are growing, and ask honestly: is this what I want people to eat?<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">Because fruit is for others. Your wife eats your words. Your kids eat your words. The young guy at work eats your words. That brother you haven&#8217;t called in three years is hungry for something from you that only you can give him.<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">This week is not over. There is still a word you can speak today. An apology, an affirmation, a phone call you have been putting off.<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">One sentence that could change a relationship: <em>&#8220;I love you. I&#8217;m proud of you. I&#8217;m sorry. I should have said this sooner.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">You do not need the perfect speech. You just need to make the walk.<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; margin: 0 0 16px 0;\">See it from God&#8217;s seat. Your words are seeds; plant something worth growing. Stay in step with the Spirit.<\/p>\n    <p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; color: #D4A574; margin: 0;\"><\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div style=\"background: #2c2c2c; color: #f5f5f0; border-left: 5px solid #D4A574; padding: 20px 24px; border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;\">\n    <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 8px 0;\">&#8220;Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.&#8221;<\/p>\n    <span style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #D4A574;\">Psalm 19:14 (ESV)<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey family, If you made it through this week being mindful of every word you spoke, same. I made it about halfway through Monday before I said something at home I immediately wished I could take back. Here is what&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heart-and-habits","category-relationships"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SU_20260228_BLOG.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumbleup.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}