I am a Tree

Trees grow strong, tall, and wise.
They see everything around them but nothing further.
Do they slumber? Do they dream?
Their roots go down deep so they do not fall as they grow weary.
What could cause them to fall?
The brutal antagonization of people making them a spectacle.
Their leaves which are so delicately placed begin to change color and fall with the stresses of the seasons.
They wear their bark proud covering their tender insides which know it's history, it's past; where it has been and what it has seen.
They drink up the water to produce and to give; starving when it is lacking.
Birds make their homes high in their branches... are they friends or imposters? Partners or consumers?
Animals eat from them causing scars and damage.
They breath in the waste of those who hurt them and offer back life.
At the end of the day it still stands tall, strong, and wise; knowing what it has seen and what it has heard.
I am a tree.
♥
As I took my daughter for a morning walk the sun began to heat up, so we parked in the grass under a tree. I have always loved trees. They just always seemed wise and like there is something mysterious about them. You know like Treebeard or something. ;) I began to let my mind run a bit with thoughts on what a tree is, what it does, etc. I ended up comparing myself and thinking about how the imagery of these beautiful creations matched up with myself. As I began to write I felt that I could let out exactly how I felt and what I knew was going on in me. But as I came to the sentence "They breath in the waste of those who hurt them and offer back life", it all clicked and I saw the truth of why they were so meaningful and so mysterious all this time! Jesus died on a tree to give us our freedom. Yes, but it is more! The tree symbolizes Jesus himself! The tree is a perfect example of the Lord! How perfect and like God is it to make the tool of "destruction" which was really the tool of "freedom" resemble Freedom Himself. This is just proof that everything God has made should point us back to Jesus. God is everywhere. His love and mercies and lurking in the midst of His creation. We just need to seek Him out in it. We can find Him anywhere. Be blessed!