Spiritual Thoughts

H e who plants a tree, plants a Hope.  ~ Lucy Larcom   F or to him that is joined with all the living there is HOPE: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. ~ Ecclesiastes 9:4

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. ~ Amelia Earhart S ow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness, Break up your unplowed ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you. ~ Hosea 10:12

  A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. ~ Amelia Earhart D o not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. ~ Proverbs 3:3

  W hen we sow a seed, we plant a narrative of future possibility. ~ Sue Stuart Smith   J esus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches." ~ Luke 13:18-19

O nly by letting go of what stops us from growing can we put down new roots and truly flower. ~ Peg Streep B lessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.... He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green..... for it does not cease to bear fruit.  ~ Jeremiah 17:7-8

Friday Tale: A Tree C onsider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don't see what goes on underground as they grow roots. BUT we don't see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree. ~ J. Meyer  B lessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water,  that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes,  for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit. ~ Jeremiah 17:7-8

W hen the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger. Let it be so with us. ~ Amy Carmichael BUT I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.  I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.   ~Psalms 528:8

“Like branches on a tree we grow in different directions,       yet our roots remain as one.            Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other.” – Anonymous I am the vine; you are the branches.        Whoever abides in me and I in him,           he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (Jesus) John 15:5