Pastor's Corner

for Sunday October 2nd
“He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:8) Life has its storms; some of them really shake us to our core. Have you ever wondered why some people survive their storms while others don’t? Obviously some are stronger than others, but where does that strength come from? Are we born with it? Is it how we are raised? The answer is in the roots. Just as a tree is only a strong and durable as its root system so we are only as strong as our root system. Where are our roots, or more precisely, in WHOM are we rooted? Just as a tree that grows next to a stream is well situated for the dry seasons so too the person who is rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ is well situated for the dry seasons and when the storms of life blow, we may bend but we do not break, and when the storm has passed by, as all storms do, we are still standing.
Pastor Don