Aspen trees are beautiful. When we ski in Southern Colorado the Aspen always amazes me. I was reading National Geographic the other day and learned that Aspen trees share their root system. When you see a group of Aspens together you are looking at one tree with several different "shoots" from that one tree. Trees establish their roots and then other sprout off of that original root. They are totally connected though autonomous trees. The Aspen may well be one of the best representation of what the church is supposed to be; interconnected, feeding off of the same nutrients, reaching up and reaching out. Christianity is not the religion of the "Marlboro man." When Jesus spoke he used imagery around him to convey teachings on the kingdom. He used imagery from nature to describe the future church. The church is living. It is not an institution and should not be treated as such. Are we Aspens? Connected? Reaching up? Reaching out? Surviving together? Or are we individuals who live our own lives and do our own things and make the church part of our identity? We are saved for a purpose and our connection to each other helps define that purpose. We are saved to reach to the Father for our growth and reach out to fertile soil in the hopes that they too will become one of us.
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Aspens and Pines ... I love them. Love the way the look and they way the smell.
Thanks for making a great point!
Trey,
In one of my pictures of Aspens there is a maroon Excursion with a camper in tow and some guy outside the camper who practicing ping pong.
Good Day :) God is Love, May you experience God's Love this Day, may we really learn to Praise him in all things :)
Eben, I enjoy your growing practice (maybe the more recent ones are fresh on my mind) ofusing imagery around us to convey your lessons. I like those mental pictures. I like those power point pictures, too.
Vicki
Eben, Thanks for that great post! I remember a lesson, can't remember who, that talked about that. He said the roots are entwined (like chritians should be) and the reason they grow so tall and don't fall when the extreme wind hits (temptations) is because they "hold" on to each other, support each other and hold each other up!
Thanks again, Eben!
Sandi
hey nice picture of those trees well i'm waiting patiently for a game that i like to play and haven't played in a long time
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