The best time to plant a tree was in the beginning. The next best time is today.
Planting trees is an expression of spirituality, encouraging hospitality and welcome, shelter and renewal, empowerment and strength.
Planting a tree and tending an orchard is practicing patience and taking care of our land.
We are moving to keep our homeland green. By good thoughts and creative actions, we are planting saplings of pride and possibility that bring forth prosperity and peace.
Responsive Reading for April 25
“Then God said: Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. And so it happened: the earth brought forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind of fruit tree that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw that it was good” (Gen. 1:11-12).
The best time to plant a tree was in the beginning. The next best time is today.
“The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth [oak trees] of Mamre [“abundantly supplied, strength”] as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them, and bowing to the ground, he said, ‘Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant. Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree’” (Gen. 18:3-5).
Planting trees is an expression of spirituality, encouraging hospitality and welcome, shelter and renewal, empowerment and strength.
“When you come into the land and plant any fruit tree there . . . . For three years, it shall . . . not be eaten. In the fourth year, however, all of its fruit shall be dedicated to the LORD in joyous celebration. Not until the fifth year may you eat its fruit, to increase the yield for you. I, the LORD, am your God” (Lev. 19:23-4).
Planting a tree and tending an orchard is practicing patience and taking care of our land.
“Blessed is the [one whom] the law of the Lord is … joy; and on his law he [or she] meditates day and night. [That person] is like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season; its leaves never wither; whatever he [or she] does prospers” (Psalm 1 – The wise through their good actions will experience rootedness and life).
We are moving to keep our homeland green. By good thoughts and creative actions, we are planting saplings of pride and possibility that bring forth prosperity and peace.