Psalm
1:1-6
Key
Verses: 3
“They are like a tree
replanted by streams of water, which bears fruit at just the right time and
whose leaves don’t fade. Whatever they do succeeds.”
Right now we all may feel
like trees uprooted; uprooted from our normal routines, uprooted from our
friends, from our family, from being able to do all the things we want to do.
But we are not uprooted and left in the sun to dry and shrivel up, like a weed
taken from a garden. We may be uprooted, taken away from all we once knew, but
we are replanted. And we are not just replanted anywhere, replanted by the cool
streams, where our roots can go deep and we can drink fully of the goodness of
God. This is a time to fill ourselves with the nourishment only God can give
us. To drink deeply from the scriptures, to feast on communion with God through
prayer, a time to seek out the good and wonderful things of God, to nourish and
help us grow, so we can come away from this time and bear God’s fruit, be trees
who reflect the glory of God in all we do. Grow strong so we can shine with the
love of God in all the place we will once again go and be and work and do.
Thing
to Think on
What
can you do today to draw closer to God?
How
is God helping your grow at this time in your life? How can you lean into that,
to drink deeply from the things God is giving you right now to help your grow
and flourish?
What
can you do to allow yourself to succeed in the things God will have for you when
we are once again released into the world?
A
Prayer for Today
Lord,
today I feel like a tree uprooted. Help me to be replanted in you. Help me to
find in you the nourishment I need to grow strong, to bear fruit and to be the
person you are calling me to be. Help me to us this time of stillness and
waiting to not be idle but to grow in my relationship with your and grow to
better reflect your love in this world. - Amen
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