Interesting Green: Reflection - Julie Ackerman Link

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 84, "Roots Or Shoots?", Page 96.
By Julie Ackerman Link, Our Daily Bread Author

PHOTO: But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. - Matthew 13:6
Read: Matthew 13:1-9

In the life of trees, one key to survival is having more roots than shoots. In his book, Oak: The Frame of Civilization, author William Bryant Logan says: "If a tree puts on a lot of top growth and few roots, it is liable to be weak-wooded and short-lived . . . If a tree puts down a great deal of roots and adds shoots more slowly, however, it is liable to be long-lived and more resistant to stress and strain."

People and organizations can be like trees. The rise to prominence is exhilarating (thrilling), but anything that puts up shoots faster than it puts down roots is fragile and in danger of breaking, falling, or dying.

Jesus used a similar analogy in His parable of the sower. People who hear the Word and receive it joyfully are like seed sown on stony places; they spring up quickly but endure only a short time because they have no roots (Matthew 13:6, 20-21).

Roots aren't at all glamorous, but they are the source of our strength. If our roots go deep in the knowledge of God (Jeremiah 9:24) and our lives are "hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3), we'll be strong, resistant to blight, and more likely to survive the storms of adversity.

How deep are your roots?

The roots of stability come from being grounded in God's Word and prayer.

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But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. - Matthew 13:6
Read: Matthew 13:1-9

PHOTO: But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. - Matthew 13:6
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In the life of trees, one key to survival is having more roots than shoots. In his book, Oak: The Frame of Civilization, author William Bryant Logan says: "If a tree puts on a lot of top growth and few roots, it is liable to be weak-wooded and short-lived . . . If a tree puts down a great deal of roots and adds shoots more slowly, however, it is liable to be long-lived and more resistant to stress and strain."

PHOTO: In the life of trees, one key to survival is having more roots than shoots. In his book, Oak: The Frame of Civilization, author William Bryant Logan says: "If a tree puts on a lot of top growth and few roots, it is liable to be weak-wooded and short-lived . . . If a tree puts down a great deal of roots and adds shoots more slowly, however, it is liable to be long-lived and more resistant to stress and strain."
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People and organizations can be like trees. The rise to prominence is exhilarating (thrilling), but anything that puts up shoots faster than it puts down roots is fragile and in danger of breaking, falling, or dying.

PHOTO: People and organizations can be like trees. The rise to prominence is exhilarating (thrilling), but anything that puts up shoots faster than it puts down roots is fragile and in danger of breaking, falling, or dying.
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Jesus used a similar analogy in His parable of the sower. People who hear the Word and receive it joyfully are like seed sown on stony places; they spring up quickly but endure only a short time because they have no roots (Matthew 13:6, 20-21).

PHOTO: Jesus used a similar analogy in His parable of the sower. People who hear the Word and receive it joyfully are like seed sown on stony places; they spring up quickly but endure only a short time because they have no roots (Matthew 13:6, 20-21).
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Roots aren't at all glamorous, but they are the source of our strength. If our roots go deep in the knowledge of God (Jeremiah 9:24) and our lives are "hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3), we'll be strong, resistant to blight, and more likely to survive the storms of adversity.

PHOTO: Roots aren't at all glamorous, but they are the source of our strength. If our roots go deep in the knowledge of God (Jeremiah 9:24) and our lives are "hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3), we'll be strong, resistant to blight, and more likely to survive the storms of adversity.
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How deep are your roots?

PHOTO: How deep are your roots?
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The roots of stability come from being grounded in God's Word and prayer.

PHOTO: The roots of stability come from being grounded in God's Word and prayer.
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PHOTO: Reflect and Pray
The treasures of the Word of God
Are great beyond compare;
But if we do not search them out,
We cannot use what's there. - Sper
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Reflection - Julie Ackerman Link - Roots Or Shoots?
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 84, "Roots Or Shoots?", Page 96.
By Julie Ackerman Link, Our Daily Bread Author

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Reference

Links

Other Books (Links) - https://veryfatoldman.blogspot.com/2020/10/reflection-books-links.html

Colossians 3:3 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3%3A3&version=NIV

Jeremiah 9:24 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+9%3A24&version=NIV

Matthew 11:28-29 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+11%3A28-29&version=NIV

Matthew 13:1-9 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A1-9&version=NIV

Matthew 13:6 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A6&version=NIV

Matthew 13:6, 20-21 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+13%3A6%2C+20-21&version=NIV