Rooted

With all the thunderstorms these past few weeks (and actually hailing outside right now), many trees have been uprooted, fallen on cars and roofs... It's incredible to think that some of these trees have been here for years! like the willow tree by the NU lakefill... and they've withstood many storms and strong winds in the past, they've been tested and held true.  But not this time. 

Reminded me of the importance of being rooted in God's truth.  Jeremiah 17:7-8. "But blesses is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

Need the renewing of my mind with his truth, so when the storms come, I won't be so fragile as to be uprooted. 

You know what Jeremiah 17:9 says immediately after?  It says, "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.  Who can understand it?"

A lot of the storms that come aren't external, but internal.  They're storms in my heart.  Battles in my heart - emotions and desires and ambition and fears.  Especially in this, I need truth.  My confidence can't be from anything else but in Him.