Once again I heard something very interesting in one of Joel Osteen's sermons. He spoke about the resilience of a palm tree. In Psalms 92:12 it says the righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
He went on to explain that we were not built to break. A palm tree can withstand hurricanes, tsunamis and severe storm without breaking. It bends sometimes all the way to the bottom, but it does not break. When the storm is over, it goes back to it's original position. Scientists have speculated that all that shaking and bending strengths the root when the storms are over.
The storms will end because they can only blow for a while. We will flourish like the palm tree. This gave me great inspiration that regardless of how many times we are shaken and bothered sometimes to the point of no return, we will not break. We have a resilience that is built in us by the Most High. We are rooted, where nothing will separate us from our source. So the storms can but only bend us, where they intend to break us. But break we will not. We can not.
Stay rooted!
So much to learn, so little time. Cease the moment and every moment can become a lifetime.
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