Trees

If trees could talk, what would they say?  Aged, bark peeled off, mossy.  Yet they provide shade to homes, and become homes to animals.

Rooted and strong, yet can me toppled by a hurricane.  They are a symbol of wholeness and brokenness. 

I was always amazed when God called Nathanael, he said, “I saw you under the fig tree.” (John 1:48) Jesus noticed what kind of tree it was when he called Nathanael.  There was purpose in him noticing.

In Genesis, of the Bible when he warned Adam and Eve, He said, “You must not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil for surely you will die.”  (Genesis 2:17)

After they sinned against him, he put up a boundary and said, “You must not take from the tree of life and live forever.” (Genesis 3:22)

If trees could talk, what would they say?  They have been part of our existence from the beginning of time.

Of course the Cross, Jesus died on in His passion was also referred to as a tree. (Galatians 3:13)

There is life, death and calling hidden within the Trees of our existence.  We must go there and not be afraid of what Trees speak to us.