Saturday... We have been searching for the right trees.

We have gotten the keys and are in the process of moving into our retirement home. With all the situations involved with what our world is going through we decided that building a new house here in the desert of Las Vegas was best for us. Now here in Vegas, we are responsible for the landscape in our backyard and trees are an important choice here in the desert. So we have been doing all we can to figure out the best trees to survive and to thrive. We have loved it.

So as I was reading in Psalm 92 these verses caught my attention. Verse 12 (NLT) says, "But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow like the cedars of Lebanon."

Now Palm trees in the desert are signs of water, of an oasis. And the cedars were used in so many ways to build great buildings. Craftsmen used then in building the Temple in Jerusalem. Maybe God wants to use us, to help us flourish in this desert of despair and fear and pandemic. And then He wants to use us to build His kingdom, He wants us to flourish in this day in which we live.

And then the Psalmist goes on in verse 13, "For they are transplanted to the Lord's own house. They flourish in the courts of our God." We are where God wants us.

Verse 14, "Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green." I love that. I love that. Even at my age I will remain vital and green. That is my prayer.

Verse 15, "They will declare, 'The Lord is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!' "

The MESSAGE Paraphrase puts it this way, "Good people will prosper like palm trees, grow tall like Lebanon cedars; transplanted to God's courtyard, they'll grow tall in the presence of God, lithe and green, virile still in old age." I love it, I love it! Yes, yes! #todaysbegininng

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