Like people and snowflakes, every tree is unique - each is truly a one-of-a-kind creation. Perhaps that's why a tree never fails to inspire a sense of wonder when one stops to take a closer look.
In the midst of your busy day, take a few minutes to ponder the magnificence of a tree that lives and grows near you. Slowly run to your hand along its trunk. Is the bark smooth and a little sticky, made up of hard lumpy squares, or something in between? Take one of its leaves and trace its lines and ridges with your fingertips. Step back and gaze up into the branches, noting the way they have been shaped and turned by the wind and rain. Imagine the roots burrowing underground, providing stability, strength and nourishment.
As you do this, consider the fact that you are God's unique creation. Like the tree, you are one of a kind, molded and shaped by the hand of God. Let that understanding lift your spirit and refresh your soul. Then open your heart and whisper a greeting to God, who uses even a tree to remind you of His great love for you.
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Happy are those who... find joy in obeying the Law of the Lord, and they study it day and night.
They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.
PSALM 1:1-3
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They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
ISAIAH 61:3
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I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.
PSALM 52:8
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The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life.
PROVERBS 11:30
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To him who overcomes, Jesus will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
REVELATION 2:7
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Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
PSALM 100:3
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The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
PSALM 92:12
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