WELL ROOTED

Yes, that's a rose bush.

I do not know how many years the bush has

been there.  It belonged to my wife who passed

away a couple of years ago.

Way too late in the spring I saw that the rose

bush was getting way too large.  It was like it

was trying to take over the yard.  And in all the 

years she had it, it had never been trimmed back.

So, dummy here got some clippers and cut it

back to a size I wanted - too late in the season.

You know what happened.  After a couple of

weeks it was obvious I had killed it.  Well, it

looked like I had killed it.

A couple more weeks and it looked like the

image above.

But, the story don't stop there.  We are in 

the middle of a "dry spell" here.  And a couple

of times I noticed that all the neat little flowers

wilted away.  I guessed it was done for the 

season.

Nope.

A few more days and it was back with a 

new batch of flowers again even in this 

dry spell.   WHY?

It is well rooted.  The root system is for a

plant that is much bigger, and the system

has been growing for years going deeper

all the time.

As Christians that is the way we are suppose

to be in our relationship with Jesus Christ.

The Apostle Paul said:

"Then Christ will make his home in

your hearts as you trust in him.  Your

roots will grow down into God's love 

and keep you strong."

(Ephesians 3:17 NLT)

and;

"Let your roots grow down into him,

and let your lives be built on him.  Then

your faith will grow strong in the truth

you were taught, and you will overflow

with thankfulness."

(Colossians 2:7 NLT)

With the things that are coming on in this old

world we need to get our roots down deep,

deep, deep into Christ.

How do we do that?

Get your nourishment here.