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A set of stone steps, stacked like slabs, lead up to a from its offspring can be transported by the wind to
raised embankment. A group of trees stand tall and the ground and sprout new life that replicates that
regal in a semicircle. The branches intertwine with same tree. Each tree coexists with each other and even
each other and form a knitted canopy. A calmness opens itself up to other forms of plant life. The roots
lies here. The stillness is so comforting. The pres- can often become entangled, but they do not deprive
ence of the Holy Spirit is here. If we are His work- each other of nutrients. The roots of the tree are de-
manship created in Jesus Christ to do good works, signed to always seek water. Without it, they become
then these trees are His handiwork created by His dry and uprooted.
word to glorify Him. How can one not look at any
part of nature and see the beautiful mind of our Cre- The Hebrew word for tree is ets, and
ator? it means staff, plank, stalk, wood, and
bone. In Genesis 2, Adam calls Eve
Trees are such an bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh.
intricate part of na- In Ezekiel 37, God reconnects the dry
ture. They form na- bones, bone to his bone. Those bones
ture’s community. It are structures that build relationships with man and
was so ingenious of God. Without the word of God and His Spirit, which
God to create a life is represented by the wind, those bones will remain
form that is rooted dry and uprooted. Those dry bones represented Israel
and grounded in the in Ezekiel 37. Individually and corporately, they had
earth like we are supposed to be. Trees give birth lost their structure and became scattered and exposed.
ecosystems throughout the world. They also give us In Genesis 3, the bone of Adam’s bone suffered some
revelations of who we are individually and corpo- disconnection when sin separated them from God,
rately in the Spirit. Each tree is unique on its own their living water, and caused division in their mar-
with the reproductive ability to bear fruit. Seeds riage. In Genesis 1:11, it states that each tree yields

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