The Willow

The roots of a Willow tree are tough and fibrous. A twig left lying on rather moist ground will take root, at every joint. Willows grow chiefly in moist land along streams or around the margins of lakes and swamps. They are planted on the banks of streams where the fibrous roots bind the soil and prevent its washing away. Willow twigs often are the thrust in the soil of river levees by workers carrying out flood control programs. These soon take root and develop into trees.

I think I might just take a liking to Willows. Doesn’t seem like they take too much taking care of and if you don’t have a “green thumb”, it sounds like the right kind of tree for me. One that takes root at every joint is left lying on moist ground. Isn’t this a beautiful descriptive way of looking in comparison, to a Christian? One who eventually grows and matures in Christ like the Willow is nourished, grows into a tree. Just think at first, these plants bend and flow with the breeze and all the while, are becoming strong enough to withstand even the storms that rage until they grow into tall, strong trees. Jesus helps us to withstand the strong raging storms of life with His Divine Power and guidance, (with our acceptance of His help), eventually, so no matter what our circumstances are, or the insurmountable obstacles that come against us, like a tree that’s planted by the water, we shall not be moved…

Maria’s “Notebook of Sayings”

P.S. So goes the Christian who has matured by desire and being grounded deep into God’s Words—She never thirst again after receiving the water He gave. Feeling His Devine Power in the breeze of the Holy Spirit.

~Maria Gandy (Permission to post by Rose Gandy 2018)