After Warrior Weekend, which was a huge success, I am very excited about the 10 new brothers of the sword I have, holding their shield over me, ready to fight, I had to add a new En-Tree.
Drew made an amazing point to the guys this weekend, that there are some trees that need other trees around them, to grow with.
Pine trees grow well with other pine trees around them.
While working at Look Up Lodge, Clint and I were told to cut down some pine trees that had grown on the front of the dam. Clint and I let them know that if we cut down any trees, we needed to cut them all down, because they had all "grown-up" together. While we were at dear ol' LUL this weekend, we saw that a giant pine tree had fallen into the water, roots and all were sticking out of the ground. The trees that helped to support this tree, the trees that kept this tree going, the trees that this other tree needed to survive... were gone.
In our lives, we need each other. We need other people, rooted in our same ground, that believe and grow the same way we do, supporting us, helping us where we are weak and, at times, holding our branches up.
When Moses was told to hold his arms up until all the Israelite people went through, his arms got tired. Had his brother and sister not been there to help hold his arms up, in his weakness, then the waters would have fallen upon the people.
Life was never intended to be a solo act. YHWH never told us to go it alone. We NEED each other. Worship was intended to be a corporate act, of people turning to a holy, perfect being and thanking Him for His great mercies.
When I see trees that have grown together and have these branches reaching up towards the sky, all I can think of is our arms raised, together, praising YHWH!
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way
they have to live than other things do.
- Willa Cather
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