Like a tree...

...I want to soak up the word.

Psalm 1:3. I tried doing a Lectio Divina on this.

I did it for about 20 minutes.
I want to be able to do it for 30.
And then maybe an hour.

It brought some peace to me.

A tree, has fruit. It has leaves, roots, branches. It can provide shade, and flows with the wind.
It is firmly planted near streams of water. From this water, the living water, it gains it's nourishment.

It grows strong.
It becomes sturdy, immovable.

It yields fruit in season,
In the good season,
In a season, a setting that is helpful for producing fruit.
During this season, the tree, shares it's fruit with us.
It shares.

Out of season, it's leaves do not wither,
For the streams continue to give the tree strength.
During the winter, when times are cold, dry,
The tree stands strong.

And whatever the tree does, it prospers.

For it is FIRMLY PLANTED next to STREAMS OF WATER.

Namean?

Do YOU know what I mean??

Do you KNOW what I mean?

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I want to be like a giant sequoia.
Stand tall.
Firm.
I want my roots to be huge, so that I may be unshaken.
I want to provide shade for those who need it,
And fruit to those who are hungry.
I don't want to be able to get knocked over, nor die during the winter.
But I still want to be able to sway in the wind.
For God's love is like a hurricane.
Powerful.
I want to bend beneath his wind and mercy.
I want.
To be a tree.

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Right now, my roots aren't deep, nor am I firmly embedded into the ground.
It makes me nervous.
Certain things make me feel like I could be knocked down at any moment.
I want these things away from me.
But they will always be there.
So instead.

I will take root.
Drink from the cup.
Grow tall.
Grow strong.

Yah.

I think that's good for now.