Lessons from the Giant Redwoods
Dear Friends, I have been reading about Giant Redwoods this week. I learnt that these incredible trees can grow to 247 feet high, with a diameter of around 20 feet. They can live for a few thousand years. They are continually growing, even when they are hundreds of feet tall; their trunk grows wider and their upper branches grow stronger. It has been found that the older they get the more their rate of growth increases. They need abundant water and have shallow root systems which intertwine with the roots of other Redwoods. I found this information fascinating and even more so as I considered what these trees can teach us about our Christian life. Let me take these next few moments to share some things with you: 1. Our God is an amazing Creator God. He created all things. He did so with such creativity and imagination. " In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth... Then God said, “Let the land sprout with...