Sunday, July 13, 2008

Roots

Job 14: 7-9

7 "At least there is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots will not fail.

8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,

9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.





It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

~Robert Louis Stevenson







Jeremiah 17: 7-8

7 "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.

8 He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."



I know the physical, emotional, and spiritual vibrations of being uprooted.

Thankfully I also know the assurance of being rooted in God’s love. A heart (or a tree) can survive the most difficult storms if God’s hand is gripping the roots.



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