"Fresh Fruits" - 08/08/16 - Jeremiah 13-17

"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God,

the woman who sticks with God.

 

 They're like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers -
Never a worry through the hottest of summers,

never dropping a leaf,

Serene and calm through droughts,

bearing fresh fruit every season (17:7-8)

 

I was watching "Secret Swimming Holes of America" on the Travel Channel last night.  I kept thinking about how after the airing of the program, they are no longer "secrets".  There is something about water holes, water falls, and other bodies of water.  They are places that draw you to them for refreshment from the oppressive heat.  "He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters." (Psalm 23:2)  They are places to quench your thirst. 

 

They are places where life is abundant.  Where vegetation and animal life alike are there for the nourishment of water.  "Putting down roots near the rivers -
Never a worry through the hottest of summers,

never dropping a leaf,

Serene and calm through droughts,

bearing fresh fruit every season."

What a beautiful word picture of His family.

I so love looking about at His family and seeing all His Fruits dropping from the ones I love in Him.  "Fresh Fruit."  In "every season" of life.

How blessed I am to be in and a part of His Forest.

He is the great "I AM". 
Our Great "I AM"
My Great "I AM".

Praying you enjoy this beautiful cool Monday and all the days you are given. 
Putting down roots in His River of Life while bearing His Fruits.