Trees

I love trees, I love looking up into the trees and admiring the strength of their height.

In order for a tree to stand with such magnificence it needs to have a strong root system.

The roots need to be down deep and wide spread in order for a tree to stand tall during the storms that may come and try and knock it down.

Sounds like life.

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk with him rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”  Colossians 2:6 & 7

I am a work in progress, I am learned to grow my roots deeper and wider.  When storms hit I need to know that my roots will hold me up, stand tall and proud.  We never know when a storm may hit, so we need to be prepared for when they hit.  Because in all of our lives there is a storm coming, it is up to each of us on how we choose to prepare for that storm.

I choose to be ground in the Word of God. May these verses in Ephesians reach deep down into your heart:

Prayer for Spiritual Strength

¹⁴ For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, ¹⁵ from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, ¹⁶ that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, ¹⁸ may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, ¹⁹ and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Let’s be honest.

It is time for a reality check.  I do not need to be this busy.  God did not command—”Thou shalt be busy!”  I have been finding my head spinning so fast I sometimes don’t know which direction to go.  So I am putting a plan into place.  I am going to make the time to sit down and make two lists.  The first list will be things that I enjoy doing.

The second list will be all the things that I have signed up for or agreed to do.  Then I will sit down and have a chat with God and start to remove things from the second list that do not match up with the first list.  This is going to be difficult, and I am probably going tick a few people off.  But I learned years ago that this is my life and I have to make the choices for my life’s direction.

Also, whenever I spend time writing and praying about things God’s plan and purpose always becomes clearer.  So say a prayer for me as I go through this time, that I will have wisdom, discernment and the strength to do whatever He wants me to.