Wednesday, March 21, 2001
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Galatians 6:14
NRSV)
A multi-year drought had taken its toll on the trees in California. Then there was a severe five-day
freeze around Christmas. A young Eucalyptus tree stood in a corner of a cemetery. The severe
weather seemed to zap it of its very life. It was slated to be taken down, but before that happened,
the grounds keeper decided to strip it of its branches and put a cross beam on it as the focal point
for a community Easter service that was traditionally held there in the corner of that cemetery. He
did the work some months beforehand, but by Easter there was a fringe of green to be seen on the
tall trunk of the tree. It was not dead wood after all, but a living, growing tree. Small branches
appeared and green leaves emerged. It was alive. In the same way the cross of Christ is a living
cross. It has never known defeat.
Dear God, help me not to be defeated as the living cross of Christ shines through my heart. Amen.
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