Like a tree

Trees. There are many different kinds of trees.
My favorite kinds are tall,
with dark bark,
spacious limbs
and deep green leaves.

Can you imagine this tree?

Imagine how the sun shines through it and the breeze gracefully moves through. The tree is very strong and sturdy. It has weathered many years of change and perseverance. This tree is alive.

I was thinking yesterday. Like I said in my last note, I tend to think a lot these days.

I struggle with painful memories. Sometimes I can dismiss them, and it's healthy to do so... but yesterday was very different. I found myself stuck in an emotional rut. I don't know exactly why these feelings surfaced or why I couldn't move past them... but there they were.

We are trees.

Ok, now... bear with me. I hope you don't hear me saying, "hey, you're brown, green and old..." These things are strictly metaphorical depending on who you are ;).

But seriously. We should be trees... trees are awesome!

Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates
day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of
water that yields its fruit in season, and it's leaf does not wither.
In all that he does he prospers.

What holds us back from being everything God says we can be? For me, this barrior is myself. I struggle to let myself truely live free and appreciate my salvation. Fear holds me back from seeing that I am blessed. It hides the truth of how deep my roots go.

What are you? Maybe you aren't like one of the illustrations in the Psalm... but do you ever feel like you just aren't there? Maybe you don't 'walk in the counsel of wicked,' but you struggle to trust God?

I was thinking a lot yesterday... and after some meditation, I remembered that I am a tree. Don't let the past tell you different, don't dwell on yesteday.

Trees. Have bark, are green, are tall... not perfect, but beautiful still the same.

"In all that he does, he prospers..."