Christ the Evergreen
When you look out amongst the leafless trees
In the dead of winter,
You may notice patches of green
Swaying to the wind in the middle of it all.
That’s the Evergreen.
Every season it’s the same.
You need not ask why it has a name----Evergreen.
They seem to be timeless in their beauty.
They rise above it all.
They give shelter and protection---year ‘round.
They are majestic in nature. They sway back and forth and
STAND in strength.
The Cedar tree is one of the most magnificent of all Evergreens.
I have walked through the forest of the Giant Sequoias
in California all my life.
Their girth – their height – their enormity
their history if you will—if they could only speak,
is amazing enough.
But their age……..
These cedars are the oldest living thing.
Some of them are dated well over 2,000 years old.
One of these Giants holds the title
“The Nations Christmas Tree”--------faithfully.
Even in a time when people are being pressed
to remove such things as;
The word Christ–mas…….
To remove God……..
To remove what our country is founded upon such as
In God We Trust………
To remove the 10 Commandments………
To remove prayer………..
To make our lives more and more about our selves
instead of others………..
Some things will simply never – ever change and that is faith and that
IS Christ.
I’ve often thought of the Cedars of Lebanon in Palestine.
Though I have never been able to go there yet,
the kinship of the Giant Sequoias
to those in Lebanon is evident.
They Stand.
They are forever---green.
They are a symbol of history
We can see with our natural eye.
In their beautiful silence and serenity,
They hold the scenes and events of decades.
If that some how is destroyed,
Christ is not.
He is our hope and faith in the midst of our heart
Supernaturally…….for ever.
And THAT can never be taken away.
He remains-------without any effort of “time”.
These giant Cedar trees stand in only a few places on earth.
I believe they are placed strategically.
As all things are by the hand of God.
These giants thrive in higher elevations.
Shouldn’t we all?
------thrive at a higher elevation,
Instead of depths of despair?
These are definitions of what thrive means:
To increase in goods.
To be successful.
To grow vigorously.
To flourish.
To grow luxuriantly.
Think about it people…….THRIVE!
The great Cedars in Lebanon thrive on a range of mountains
along the Northern border of Palestine
on mountains whose peaks rise to a height of 10,000 feet.
The Cedars of Lebanon were used in the building
of the First Temple, for Solomon’s Palace
and for the Second Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 5:6; 7:2).
These giant trees continue to stir the hearts of multitudes
Right where they were seeded so many—many years ago.
God has purposefully and personally
spoken to me about the significance of the Evergreen Trees
in relationship to my FOREVER Christ.
Denise
March 24, 2009
When you look out amongst the leafless trees
In the dead of winter,
You may notice patches of green
Swaying to the wind in the middle of it all.
That’s the Evergreen.
Every season it’s the same.
You need not ask why it has a name----Evergreen.
They seem to be timeless in their beauty.
They rise above it all.
They give shelter and protection---year ‘round.
They are majestic in nature. They sway back and forth and
STAND in strength.
The Cedar tree is one of the most magnificent of all Evergreens.
I have walked through the forest of the Giant Sequoias
in California all my life.
Their girth – their height – their enormity
their history if you will—if they could only speak,
is amazing enough.
But their age……..
These cedars are the oldest living thing.
Some of them are dated well over 2,000 years old.
One of these Giants holds the title
“The Nations Christmas Tree”--------faithfully.
Even in a time when people are being pressed
to remove such things as;
The word Christ–mas…….
To remove God……..
To remove what our country is founded upon such as
In God We Trust………
To remove the 10 Commandments………
To remove prayer………..
To make our lives more and more about our selves
instead of others………..
Some things will simply never – ever change and that is faith and that
IS Christ.
I’ve often thought of the Cedars of Lebanon in Palestine.
Though I have never been able to go there yet,
the kinship of the Giant Sequoias
to those in Lebanon is evident.
They Stand.
They are forever---green.
They are a symbol of history
We can see with our natural eye.
In their beautiful silence and serenity,
They hold the scenes and events of decades.
If that some how is destroyed,
Christ is not.
He is our hope and faith in the midst of our heart
Supernaturally…….for ever.
And THAT can never be taken away.
He remains-------without any effort of “time”.
These giant Cedar trees stand in only a few places on earth.
I believe they are placed strategically.
As all things are by the hand of God.
These giants thrive in higher elevations.
Shouldn’t we all?
------thrive at a higher elevation,
Instead of depths of despair?
These are definitions of what thrive means:
To increase in goods.
To be successful.
To grow vigorously.
To flourish.
To grow luxuriantly.
Think about it people…….THRIVE!
The great Cedars in Lebanon thrive on a range of mountains
along the Northern border of Palestine
on mountains whose peaks rise to a height of 10,000 feet.
The Cedars of Lebanon were used in the building
of the First Temple, for Solomon’s Palace
and for the Second Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kings 5:6; 7:2).
These giant trees continue to stir the hearts of multitudes
Right where they were seeded so many—many years ago.
God has purposefully and personally
spoken to me about the significance of the Evergreen Trees
in relationship to my FOREVER Christ.
Denise
March 24, 2009
