The Tree of Life 

What is as old as the hills yet

 as youthful as yesterday?

What is as predictable and yet unpredictable

 in all its' twists and turns?

What is as grand as an afternoon sunset

whist being subject to stormy weather?

It is in fact the tree of life, its leaves unfurling each day,

and every year it does the same.

Yet as it matures it develops new limbs and new shades

as well as the hard troublesome knobs developing

from time to time when the going gets tough.

Occasionally it  has good years in which it grows

and grows, stretching up to the stars,

and sometimes its growth is stunted by the

various seasons of its life time.

When the tree dwells on the rocky ground

or is over taken by the many temptations that

a sinful world presents and then it does not thrive

and reach life's full potential,

as the Lord originally intended.

All this can be remedied by simply placing

our roots in which trust into the good soil;

the soil of Christ.

You see life is like a eucalyptus tree;

throughout all its twists and turns it is

imperative that we root ourselves firmly

into the only ground worth trusting.

A ground that will support us and not fail to

forms us into the godly persons that

we were created to be;

Gods' people, his treasured possession.