Dead Trees Sprout
I did a double take. I couldn't believe my eyes. The dead hibiscus had sprouted!! We had watched in horror as the hibiscus, a gift, had shed its leaves and died. For months two dry sticks were all that remained. In fact we had already begun searching the garden centres for a replacement. Yet, here it was with fresh green sprouts! The passage in Job 14:7-9 came alive in front of my eyes! At least there is hope for a tree If it is cut down, it will sprout again and its new shoots will not fail. Its root may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, Yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant. Job's Story: Job feels like he has been cut down. He is the dead stump. He has lost his family, his income, his livestock, and his health. His friends, who came to comfort him have berated him, implied he has deserved the multiple tragedies and question his integrity. Everything that Job ha...