Re:Verse passage – Mark 4:1-20 (day seven)
and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary. v 17
This week we had our first freeze in San Antonio. Did you do anything to your plants? I pulled in our potted plants and covered some of my small tropical plants outside. It reminded me of the Snowmageddon of 2021. Can you remember all the plants that were destroyed by that freeze? The most fascinating to me were the palms. These trees can withstand hurricanes, but they were not made to endure a week of sub freezing temperatures. They all began to lose their palms. Every palm tree in the region was bare, but what happened? Some started to grow back. Within a few months on top of these 20 ft trees were some itty bitty palm leaves. Now, they are full again and you would never know they had endured trauma!
How do you respond to spiritual trauma? We all have it. Some show it differently than others, but it is still there. The answer to this question is found in the result. Are you able to continue to produce fruit when the world has taken everything from you? It may look like you have been defeated, but if the roots are deep, the fruit will still come!
