15 min
22 - Re-planting Kirk Reflections
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Kirk Reflections 12th May 2024.
Rev. Erick du Toit brings this week's reflection from Kirkliston Parish Church, Scotland.
RE-PLANTING"Whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers."(PSALM 1: 2-3)
Thomas Merton said, “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. It ‘consents’ to His creative love. It expresses an idea which is in God’s mind. So the more a tree is like itself, the more it is like Him.”Trees never try to be something else, like wart hogs or sledge hammers. They are content to be trees. But you and I struggle. We can be whoever we want to be, but the less I am in sync with God’s plan, the more hollow I become.
This week we'll look at how the Psalmist uses the image of tree and tree-planting to encourage us to live in close proximity to Jesus and by doing so live an abundant life!
Kirk Reflections 12th May 2024.
Rev. Erick du Toit brings this week's reflection from Kirkliston Parish Church, Scotland.
RE-PLANTING"Whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers."(PSALM 1: 2-3)
Thomas Merton said, “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. It ‘consents’ to His creative love. It expresses an idea which is in God’s mind. So the more a tree is like itself, the more it is like Him.”Trees never try to be something else, like wart hogs or sledge hammers. They are content to be trees. But you and I struggle. We can be whoever we want to be, but the less I am in sync with God’s plan, the more hollow I become.
This week we'll look at how the Psalmist uses the image of tree and tree-planting to encourage us to live in close proximity to Jesus and by doing so live an abundant life!
15 min