Cultivate: A Grace-Filled Guide to Growing an Intentional Life

by Lara Casey

Overview

A flourishing, fulfilling life is possible—no perfection required!

Too many of us think we have to have it all together in order to live a meaningful life. Instead of feeling put together, we end up feeling inadequate, overwhelmed, and exhausted as we try to figure out how to do it all.

Author, business owner, and mom to three Lara Casey has been there, too. In Cultivate, she offers this grace-filled advice: we can't do it all and do it well, but we can choose to cultivate what matters

Written as part encouragement anthem and part practical guide, Cultivate offers wisdom from God's Word alongside lessons Lara has learned in her own life—and in her garden—giving you the tools you need to:

• Discern what matters most to you
• Embrace the season of life that you're in
• Find the joy and freedom that comes with cultivating what matters

Let Lara be your guide as you learn to cultivate what matters, little by little, with the help of God's transforming grace.

Praise for Cultivate:

"Cultivate is rich soil for the soul! Whether you are a new sprout, just beginning to brave life in the light; a tender shoot fighting for space among rocks and weeds; or a mature plant in need of nurture and pruning, this book will help you thrive. With her characteristic honesty, humility, and patience, Lara Casey uses her spiritual 'green thumb' to gently nudge us toward an intentional life of godliness and growth. If you are ready for a new season of spiritual growth, dig into Cultivate and get ready to bloom!"

—Elizabeth Laing Thompson, author of When God Says "Wait"

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780718021665
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	06/27/2017
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	215,857
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lara Casey is a mom to three (one through the gift of adoption), a grateful wife, and a believer in the impossible. She created the PowerSheets grace-filled goal setting planner and the Write the Word journals, and she founded Southern Weddings Magazine a decade ago. Lara is also the author of Make It Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose. She lives in Chapel Hill, NC, and loves getting her hands dirty in the garden.

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Thick of It 1

Part 1 Prepare Your Garden

1 Cultivate What Matters: Grace from the Garden: Garden Company 21

2 Embrace Your Season: Grace from the Garden: Be the Bees 44

3 Dream Like a Gardener: Grace from the Garden: All the Plants I've Killed 61

4 Nourish Your Soil: Grace from the Garden: Mama Bird Knows Best 79

Part 2 Dig In

5 Plant Your Seeds: Grace from the Garden: U-Pick Memories 99

6 Grow in the Wait: Grace from the Garden: Metamorphosis 115

7 Tend Your Garden: Grace from the Garden: Celebration! 132

Part 3 Savor the Fruit

8 Harvest Contentment: Grace from the Garden: Heirloom Plants 157

9 Flourish with Others: Grace from the Garden: Garden Markers 181

10 Preserve the Fruit: Grace from the Garden: The Day I Thought I Would Lose the Garden 202

A New Season 217

Cultivate Together Guide 221

Gardening 101 245

Acknowledgments 247

Connect with Lara 251

About the Author 253