It's May and only 5 days till my birthday.
I thought I would start off the month by trying to sit down and write some on my Blog. So I've started, let's see how long I can keep things going.
This picture does not do justice to the beauty of this tree. I love these trees that have been bent and shaped, the bark stripped bear and exposed. It reflects what can really happen in the harshness of nature and if you think about it ireflects what happens in our lives also. Our lives are often filled with stress, conflict, trials, sickness, you name it we encounter it. The things in life that can either make us or break us. If the bark of the tree was completely stripped away the tree would die. The same way staying connected to God is the thing that keeps us alive. I am reminded of one of my favorite passages of scripture;
2 Corinthians 4:7-10
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."
We are not promised and easy life but we know that God is always there for us. We may have a lot to endure but in the end we become a thing of beauty, like this tree.
I thought I would start off the month by trying to sit down and write some on my Blog. So I've started, let's see how long I can keep things going.
This picture does not do justice to the beauty of this tree. I love these trees that have been bent and shaped, the bark stripped bear and exposed. It reflects what can really happen in the harshness of nature and if you think about it ireflects what happens in our lives also. Our lives are often filled with stress, conflict, trials, sickness, you name it we encounter it. The things in life that can either make us or break us. If the bark of the tree was completely stripped away the tree would die. The same way staying connected to God is the thing that keeps us alive. I am reminded of one of my favorite passages of scripture;
2 Corinthians 4:7-10
"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body."
We are not promised and easy life but we know that God is always there for us. We may have a lot to endure but in the end we become a thing of beauty, like this tree.
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