Sway...

Sway... Something fixed at one end moving back and forth at the other...

Sometimes we can sway pretty good, sometimes not...

Perhaps it has to do with how well we are grounded, what we are grounded to...


"....having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude." (Colossians 2:7 NASB)

I've watched in amazement as tall pine trees.... trees that must weigh hundreds and hundreds of pounds, reaching high toward the heavens... sway under the power of an invisible wind.

How can they stand so tall and straight up, much less sway back and forth like they do, yet remain standing?

They have strong roots and a body flexible enough to bend with the winds.

Winds do come that are more than they can endure without breaking. They do get damaged, twisted, broken off, even uprooted...When the storms come.


Often I want to be rigid and unbending. Sometimes I seem to forget where my roots reach to and forget to be grateful for the firm solid soil under me.

I want to be like those pines....ever green, standing tall and straight, yet flexible..remaining firmly rooted.

At least I want to want to...