Yesterday, GOD put on my heart to take pictures of trees along my neighborhood walk. Many of you know of my interest in looking at trees from a spiritual perspective.
As I walked around "the loop" I took pictures of 38 trees that were near me, by the sidewalk. I’ve included a few of those here. So many transformational lessons to be learned! Here are a few:
1) Physical: Most of these trees show no sign of life, yet there is definitely life ready to come forth soon... with the right amount of sunshine and water...
Spiritual: When a person does not show signs of spiritual life, patiently provide SONshine and the Fountain of LIFE...
2) Physical: Several of these trees were hanging on to leaves and/or fruit from the past.
Spiritual: To make way for a new season of spiritual transformation, are there things from the past that need to be gotten rid of?
3) Physical: There are so many different sizes and shapes of trees. Don't compare! Each one has it's own potential/purpose.
Spiritual: Just because I can't see the size and shape of someone's spiritual journey in no way means that it's not there. GOD knows!
Notice the first tree pictured above. That was created by my friend Tracy! That tree was created, with patient love, via writing out many Bible scriptures about LIFE.
This morning, as I continued my meditation on JESUS... ETERNAL LIFE... THE TREE OF LIFE! Here are a few scriptures that I meditated on:
Genesis 2:9
"The LORD GOD made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden HE placed the TREE OF LIFE and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."
John 1:1-5
"In the beginning the WORD already existed.
The WORD was with GOD,
and the WORD was GOD.
2 HE EXISTED IN THE BEGINNING with GOD.
3 GOD created everything through HIM,
and NOTHING WAS CREATED EXCEPT THROUGH HIM.
4 THE WORD GAVE LIFE TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS CREATED,
and HIS LIFE BROUGHT LIFE TO EVERYONE.
5 THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS,
and the darkness can never extinguish it. "
John 3:36
And anyone who believes in GOD'S SON has ETERNAL LIFE. Anyone who doesn’t obey THE SON will never experience ETERNAL LIFE but remains under GOD'S angry judgment.”
John 5:26
The FATHER has LIFE in HIMSELF, and HE has granted that same LIFE-GIVING POWER to HIS SON."
John 5:29
"...and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience ETERNAL LIFE, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment."
Revelation 2:7
“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the SPIRIT and understand what HE is saying to the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the TREE OF LIFE in the paradise of GOD."
Revelation 22:14
"Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the TREE OF LIFE."
