There is something about a tree in a field that triggers my contemplative side. I want to pull over to the side of the road, get out, simply sit under it, and just be. I often wonder where the fascination came from or why one would be so drawn to a tree in the field.
It’s just, I cannot help but to notice their beauty and their sense of not caring that everything else around them is a part of something they are not. Everything else is growing differently and everything else will have much more in common. The tree proudly stands with its own purpose. Rooted in the same soil and yet so different and less plentiful than the others.
Today and most days, I feel the same. It is as though I am alone or at a distance from others like me. I am rooted in a field that yields something I cannot conform to. Just like a tree in a field, I can stand proud in my own purpose…in God’s will.
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2)
Through the Stillness 
4 responses to “Like a Tree in a Field”
Standing for God’s own purpose……just like a tree!
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On our road trips, I tend to notice trees also. But the ones I notice the most are the ones that are standing alone and thriving in an open area. Whenever I’ve pointed one out to my hubby, he says that the tree gives him a sense of loneliness. I don’t know if it looks lonely. But maybe set apart and special, kind of like how God calls us to be set apart. ❤
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Yes, just like how God calls us to be set apart! 🙂
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