Monday... We notice them everytime we go to church.

My wife and I usually go to church on Saturday afternoon and we usually park in the outer parking lot. And there are three trees that we always pass and my wife will alway say, " I sure do love those olive trees." Now they are not the fruit olive trees because they are not allowed in our county but she loves them.

Psalm 52:8 (NIV) says, "But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God: I will always trust in God's unfailing love."

Now the problem with the fruit olive tree is that is releases a great amount of pollen at certain times of the year and causes people who are allergic to the pollen to get sick. So the county is trying to protect people. But what if that pollen of the fruit tree is God's unfailing love flowing through us then what a major difference that would make in our world.

Over in Proverbs 22:8 it says, "Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster, and the reign of terror will come to an end." There has been a lot of planting injustice, hasn't there?

2 Corinthians 9:6 says, "Remember this - a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop."

Psalm 52:8 in the Amplified Bible says, "But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust [confidently] in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever." And as we grow by trusting confidently in his lovingkindness we get it and then we will share it. The lovingkindness of God will flow out of us just like the pollen of the olive tree.

Clark County, Nevada may not want the pollen of the olive tree but it sure does need the unfailing love of God. And so does the county where you live.

"But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God: I will always trust in God's unfailing love." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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