My neighbor across the street has two oak trees in their front yard....they seem like good friends of mine 'cause I love watching their progress in the spring and in the fall in doing what oak trees do.
The one on the left always starts to bud out in that faint green first each spring..and the one on the right just sits there for a few days before you see even a leftover leaf drop. Then swooosh, it takes off and before you know it it's as green as his brother over there...doing, again, what oak trees do...providing shade and a beautiful "arbor" for the front yard belonging to Ray and Gail.
Of course, in the fall, you guessed it....Friend Tree on the left starts to bow his head and start turning a different shade before Mr. Righthanded Tree, but they both end up with the browns in their "resting time" for the winter.
Now, I'd like to be first in "gettin' it", wouldn't you? But maybe I'm to remember that it's not about when we start to "get it", it's that we DO get it...in OUR time, not somebody else's. Maybe you can join me in becoming more content with my progress and change without comparing it all with my brothers or sisters. We'll all get there in the time it takes if we're just letting Him direct the changes.
The one on the left always starts to bud out in that faint green first each spring..and the one on the right just sits there for a few days before you see even a leftover leaf drop. Then swooosh, it takes off and before you know it it's as green as his brother over there...doing, again, what oak trees do...providing shade and a beautiful "arbor" for the front yard belonging to Ray and Gail.
Of course, in the fall, you guessed it....Friend Tree on the left starts to bow his head and start turning a different shade before Mr. Righthanded Tree, but they both end up with the browns in their "resting time" for the winter.
Now, I'd like to be first in "gettin' it", wouldn't you? But maybe I'm to remember that it's not about when we start to "get it", it's that we DO get it...in OUR time, not somebody else's. Maybe you can join me in becoming more content with my progress and change without comparing it all with my brothers or sisters. We'll all get there in the time it takes if we're just letting Him direct the changes.
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