One Life

If you’re anything like me, the world outside has been far more appealing than the world inside these last few weeks. As exciting as my office is, (absolutely no sarcasm intended!), it doesn’t nearly compare with a field or the woods or the river when the sun’s shining!

The world really is a beautiful place. And as I’ve been wandering and wondering in the woods, I’ve come to really love trees. They are, quite simply, remarkable.

There is something wonderfully consistent about trees that inspires me. Consider a tree as a worshipper: year in, year out, month after month, season following season, it stands there in adoration. It is unmovable. The trees I walked through this morning have seen decades of change – people probably walked there in the 60s, 50s, maybe even through the world wars. And those trees are just as sure of the glory of God now as they were then. They are unswerving in their worship.

And yet change is part of their lives. They are always changing – if they do not change, they die. They just seem to know what needs to change and what doesn’t.

So here’s the result of my ponderings. I want to be like a tree. I want my leadership to be always and unchangeably about the glory of God. If God lets me, I want to stand across the decades, not just the weeks and months. I want to learn how to live in the different seasons of life – when it’s gloriously sunny and when it’s freaking freezing. And I want to inspire those who walk by me...not by flashy words or even inspiring actions, but by simply, well, standing there.