Years spent low,
not in humility, rather sloth,
as seen in moss and lichen
only inches from the worms.
Shallow roots seen
above the soil
meant for nurture,
still content to lay
on the surface of forest's floor,
rather than gone deep.
Sun's call upward,
evidenced in the ability to bend,
finally strectches even Old Growth,
and green canopy
reaches out on every side,
affording shade and cover
for seedlings still below
on forest's floor.
Is this how Old Growth formed? Maybe not, but is it not a picture of sloth and lack of growth that would keep lives low and unseen? The Son is beckoning, that we might come higher. May Old Growth's picture help His unction to be seen, even heard in this hour, that growth and ascension might be our result. And may little ones to follow grow under the cover and nurture our branches can provide, even to seedlings yet to spring up.
Matt.13:32
