7/03/2009

Was Once A Flourishing Young Tree


Can a tree choose its place of growth? Can it move from where it has grown? Can it always flourish in every environment?

Can a tree be blamed for not bearing fruit? Can it simply be rejected for failing to flourish? Suppose you are that tree, what can/will you do?

The tree shown in the picture was once a flourishing young tree. On the ground where it has grown were once green grass where cows, horses, and goats used to graze. But now it has become a heap of non-biodegradable wastes.

The toxins of the garbage in this open dump site poisoned whatever were once flourishing in the area. All that is left is a dying young tree that seems to plead to the heavens for some measure of mercy.

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Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers; But his delight is in Yahweh's law; On his law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper. (Psalms 1:1-3)