This is the 1st in series taking a walk through the books of 1 & 2 Timothy with an emphasis on the foundational roots of Sound Doctrine, Spiritual Development and our Community of Faith. We all need and guidance in our spiritual walk. In order to defend against worldly distractions and to chase after God's strategic master plan, we are going to need a strong foundational root system.
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We have a few hundred oak trees on our property at Casa Canote. Our oak trees stand tall with a high treetop canopy crown of branches. Oak trees have a
very strong root system
Of course, this root system is not visible like the crown or trunk. It remains hidden below the ground. The root system configuration of underground tentacles is the
source of health or illness
for an oak tree. It serves as an anchor. The root system of a single mature oak tree can total hundreds of miles! At the beginning of an oak tree's life, when an acorn first sprouts and when there is very little growth yet above ground, most of it's energy is spent on
root development.
In contrast to the mighty oak tree is the tumbleweed. We get excited about tumbleweeds blowing across the road on our way to Mexico for our bi-annual mission trips because it is a sure sign we are very far from home and nearing our destination in the desert!
Tumbleweeds, by design, have one very shallow root which is easily broken by the wind, allowing them to spread the seeds and reproduce. This also means the tumbleweed is just out there blowing around where ever the wind might push it with no sense of direction or stability.
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