Ever since I was a boy, I have loved to walk in the woods. I feel at home in the beauty of nature. As much as I appreciate a well kept garden and carefully trimmed trees, nothing is as lovely as what just happens in the natural world.
This once tall and soaring tree has passed from its role as sentinel of the trail to that of a bridge across. It is interesting how strong it still appears. Tough it has fallen, there is no doubt that this tree still has a long future ahead.
So it is with us. Our lives move from one stage and one phase to another. But we are still who we are. We look different across the years. We have different stamina and strength across the years. We find ourselves in different situations and circumstances. But we are still who we are in the circle and embrace of God’s love and grace. If we have to age, and if change is inevitable, let us live graciously. We can, because all of life happens in the unending and sustaining Spirit of God.
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. 
Peace.
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