Redwoods

Our family lives in the “Redwood Empire” of Northern California, within half an hour of Armstrong Woods and two hours from the Avenue of the Giants.  I’ve always marveled when standing inside a grove of redwood trees. Though the trees tower hundreds of feet overhead, and some of these trees are so big you can link hands with ten people and still not encircle the base, these giants have a shallow root structure.  A good wind would blow one over if it were standing alone like an oak tree on a hillside.  But because they grow close together, the roots are interwoven, adding strength so that when the winds come and the rains pound and soak the soil, these trees stand and continue to grow – some for thousands of years.   

This reminds me my church family.  We come together to focus our hearts and minds on the Lord above, our light and our salvation.  As HE teaches us, we encourage one another, we embrace in joy and in sorrow, we pray for one another, and we acknowledge our need for one another.   As a community of believers, we can draw strength from one another for whatever storms may come, standing firm and continuing to grow in faith.