Today is Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014; Karen's Korner #2907

This is today's Anne Graham Lotz (Billy Graham's daughter) daily inspirational thought. I liked it because of some of the health issues in our family and the international issues swirling around us:

Trees of Righteousness

"That they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."

~ Isaiah 61:3 NKJV

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"When I was growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, every Sunday afternoon, weather permitting, my parents, my sibling, and I would go hiking. Inevitably, our climbs would take us to the ridge where the trees were so enormous we could all hold hands and still not be able to encircle the trunks. When I asked my mother why the trees were so much larger on the ridge than anywhere else, she replied that it was because the winds were the strongest and the storms were the fiercest on the ridge. With nothing to shelter the trees from the full brunt of nature's wrath, they either broke and fell, or they became incredibly strong and resilient.

"God plants you and me in our faith as tender saplings then grows us up into 'trees of righteousness,' using the elements of adversity to make us strong. And He leads us to endure, not just somehow, but triumphantly as choose to praise Him, regardless of the storms swirling within us or the winds howling outside of us."

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