Once Again

Outside of the kitchen window is a place where most of the trees were cut eight years ago. Well the roots of most of the trees were still there and they had started putting up small shoots soon after they were cut. It is now nearly eight years later. Three trees were saved in the backyard. On one side of the remaining old trees the new growth, loblolly pines, are about 15 feet tall; on the other side they are about ten feet tall. This is a natural function of sunlight the trees blocked the sun and the bigger trees on one side got more sun than the smaller trees on the other side.
The same kinds of growth can happen in an individual. Some of us are stunted trees that do not take in as much of God’s light. Then there are those tall and rich with good height and healthy needles. These are the ones who receive a rich full diet of spiritual things, prayer, study, and heavenly rain. In the world of the trees the ones with the full light are heather.
If you value your spiritual growth you must get out of the shadows of fear, self-doubt, laziness. A day without God is like a day without sunshine. You need good soil, natural light and rain.