This tree is a perfect picture of what I see as being Look at the trunk... crooked, bruised from the storms that have beaten against it - its bark bleached from the sun, leaning, bent, yet reaching heavenward. Still bearing beautiful green leaves, still providing shade and rest. In its twisted form it has become a thing of beauty. We admired its determination, its persistence, its boldness ~ it is immovable. Its wounds testify to the fact that it was not easy - but it has won each battle - it has held fast to the place where it was planted. Beneath the ground - what we do not see - is the magnificent root system that kept it from yielding, no matter what was going on around it. Roots so deep and so strong that nothing could remove it. I want to be like that tree - immovable, unshakable, constant, faithful - rooted in the Word of God - reaching out to Him in praise and worship.
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