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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: From the Salvation Army, welcome to Heartbeat.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever thought about how weird a typical lawn is?

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Speaker 1: We pick one specific kind of grass and decide exactly

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Speaker 1: how tall it's allowed to grow. Then when nature has

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Speaker 1: the audacity to grow something else native to that part

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Speaker 1: of the world, we spray it with poison like it's

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Speaker 1: a personal attack on our homestead. I wonder if we

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Speaker 1: do the same thing with God. We decide exactly what

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Speaker 1: our life should look like, the job, the relationship, the opportunity.

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Speaker 1: And when God doesn't give us what we planned, we

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Speaker 1: start forcing doors open ourselves. But maybe God has already

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Speaker 1: placed someone in your path who needs your care. Maybe

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Speaker 1: he's opening a door you didn't expect. It may not

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Speaker 1: look like what you wanted, but God sees what we can't.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes his plan is growing right outside the lines

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Speaker 1: we drew for him.

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Speaker 2: For more episodes of Heartbeat, visit SalvationArmyRadio.org. Thank you so

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Speaker 2: much for listening to Heartbeat. We want to thank the

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Speaker 2: team at Life Audio for their partnership with us on

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Speaker 2: the show. Visit LifeAudio.com where you'll find dozens of other

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Speaker 2: faith-centered podcasts in their network. They have shows about prayer,

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Speaker 2: Bible studying, parenting, and more. Thanks again for listening. We'll

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Speaker 2: see you next time.