Grains of Sand

I wonder if Jeremiah and David ever had a chuckle in heaven over the trees? Many years separated their individual appearances on the stage of history and although their roles were very different, the king and the prophet thought alike about some things (cross-pollination on the part of the Holy Spirit). In my reading from Jeremiah this morning, I thought I could hear David's laughter. " But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit " –Jeremiah 17:7, 8, NIV. Sound familiar? Jeremiah almost had to ask permission of David's descendants to quote the psalmist's famous lines from Psalm 1. Of course, God holds the copyright so probably getting permission wasn't an issue. For Jeremiah's audience, life was about to t...

I didn't quite make it to Word-Filled Wednesday today, but the picture begged to be posted with the verse anyway. The picture reminds me that it is possible to be close to the source of life but never take advantage of it. The result is dead wood instead of living green. Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV) " Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not whither. Whatever he does prospers ." Driftwood might make a good decoration, but it's a living tree that produces fruit.