2/05/2007

Evergreen

This is a drimys winteri, an evergreen tree

I was thinking earlier, how God's love is constant. Like an evergreen. He always loves, they always have greenery. Then, when I looked up the definitions, I found that they more paralleled what kind of Christian I want to be, than what God is.

Evergreen-

• A plant that retains its leaves for more than one growing season.

• Its leaves persist until a new set has appeared.

• Bears foliage throughout the year.

• Is never entirely without green foliage.

I go through seasons in my life where I don't show that I am a Christian.

If a tree looses all it's leaves, it will die. Right? Unless it's winter, and it has shed all it's leaves and gone to sleep. Trees can do that! By doing that, they follow their natural pattern of life and glorify God. Well, I'm not a tree. It isn't right for me to fall asleep to God, and quit putting out leaves. It isn't glorifying to God when I do that. Maybe this isn't the most profound thing in the world, but it really struck me.
I want to be evergreen. A girl that keeps her relationship with God for more than just camp and the prayer advance. Someone who holds on to the lessons God teaches me, until he gives me another, and then holding on to that, and applying it to my life 'till the next. I want to bear testimony to Christ living through me throughout the year. To be never entirely without some token to show that I am a girl living for God. That is what glorifies him.
-Laura