As we are into Spring (almost a month - hard to believe given our weather pattern), we see the trees and the vines as well as the grass jump back into life after a period of dormancy. Psalms 1 says that a blessed man is "like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers." I am also reminded of Jonah and how he yearned for the vine for shade after the Lord took it away from him - he did nothing to preserve or nourish the vine but expected much from it and took it for granted that it was his. I also think about the fig tree that Jesus condemned after its inability to yield fruit. To me that last one represents what God thought about Jerusalem in Ezekiel's day. Rather than allow the fig tree to remain, God will consume the tree with fire and make the land desolate since they have been so unfaithful and disobedient.
Who doesn't want a beautiful lawn and thriving plants and trees? They do come with a price, both from a labor and financial standpoint. If I am going to be that blessed man in Psalm 1, then I must plant myself on the word of God and drink from Christ who is the living water. Lord, may that be my goal....
Prayers for today as I am still waiting for that deliquent tax form and will head back to NJ tonight from DE. Thankfully, I will work out of NJ tomorrow to avoid the trek back and forth for one day. Our annual cemetary run (3 cemetaries spread over Upstate NY and Brooklyn followed by a late lunch/early dinner) on Sat in the rain and then church on Sunday and back to DE. Seems like there will be no time to really relax and have some downtime to catch up on my Metskis.
Praise for today: that He gives me a Way, Truth and Life to enjoy this passage today!
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