Like a tree

Our Daily Bread
"I will not be, I will not be moved. I will not be, I will not be moved. Just like a tree...planted by the water... I will not be moved" are the lyrics to a popular church song when I was growing up. Like a tree with roots deeply anchored by a continuous source of water, we will not be moved from our faith in God.  Or maybe some were singing about not being moved from their favorite pew! I am not sure. ;-)

I like the way the Bible uses metaphors that we can all understand to enhance our understanding of our spiritual life and of God. We can easily see in pictures and in our personal experiences with nature how trees flourish when they have an adequate water supply. Trees planted in arid conditions may not live at all. If they do, they won't have the strong deep roots to anchor them.

How about you? Is your faith like a tree planted by the water? Or one that is planted in arid conditions?

Lord, we ask for your Living Water to ground us in our faith in you.

Technology Thursday
Elon Musk is a name you might of heard in the news. He has been compared to the Tony Stark character in the Iron Man movies. His ideas and implementation of those ideas are changing our world. One of his companies is called SpaceX.  NASA outsourced much of their space craft and space travel to SpaceX and one of it's competitors. Here is an article about the reusable space craft that SpaceX is building. article

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“The highest pinnacle of the spiritual life is not happy joy in unbroken sunshine, but absolute and undoubting trust in the love of God.” = A. W. Thorold