I had forgotten about this tree but this is a photo of a piece of artwork I did years ago to remind me of something God had said to me.
I was feeling very small and insignificant one day as I took two small children to the park, life does not value young stay at home mothers very often. I felt God told me to look up and in so doing was partly blinded by the light shining through the tree on what had been a rather cold miserable day. God asked me what tree it was and I replied “An Oak”. “You are an oak” said God, reminding me that I was the member of a church called The Oaks. “Oaks are large trees which cast long shadows, some people will walk across the shadow and feel its effects but never see the tree, some will see the tree and some will see the sun (son) shining through the tree. You are like that Oak!”
No matter how small we feel, we are not small in God’s eyes and he has a purpose and a plan for each and everyone of us was the lesson I learnt that day.
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Great lesson Joanna. Thanks for posting.
You’re welcome! It encouraged me a lot to step out of my comfort zone Mavis.
Hello, we live in ‘oakgrove city’ (‘Doire’ in irish= oakgrove; real name now is Derry). The history is that it was a real oakgrove around which Derry was built: let the Son shine through Derry is what i thought in seeing your picture, so: thanks! (a picture is worth a thousands words…). Gerrit.
Thanks for your post Gerrit. Only last night I posted a picture on my blog of a baby oak grove on the land we are working and part of me thinks what are we doing, even an oak coppice takes around 25 years to produce anything worth harvesting. and an oak tree comes to maturity in 100 years, long after I’m gone but your post encourages me to keep going with our plan.