There is a 30 foot Douglas Fir tree in my south Florida backyard... that to me is amazing! while most fir trees don't do well in the environment this one is thriving. Why? Considering that it was once someone's garbage this tree has definitely come a long way. One day while visiting a friend a couple of months after Christmas I noticed a poor looking fir tree still in it's Christmas foil wrapped pot lying on it's side by the front door. Although the pot was horizontal the tree had turned it's truck (about one foot long) to a vertical position. Lifting it's thoughts toward the light, this tree had no idea that it was fated to become someone's trash. But as I was leaving I paused to ask the fate of the tree. (I do have a habit of saving plants that others want to toss.) She said that I could have it, so I took it home an planted it in my backyard , in my newly cleared flower bed. I really didn't think that it would survive. Nineteen years later the tree stands in testimony to faith. But I asked myself this morning as I mowed passed this monument, "Why has it thrived while others fir's are barely ten feet tall?" Then it hit me... see there is a underground stream that runs under the side of my house. This stream is very deep. But this tree has found the source and it has tapped in.... have you?
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