Tree hugger sigh....

OK I tried not to focus on the trees missing when we returned home. I told my self that at least I had not suffered hearing the ax blows anticipating the sad crash that comes following the murder death of a tree.

This weekend Cory informed me that a tree close needed to come down before it blew down on the house during a storm. This would not only protect the house but provide hours more of sunshine hitting the solar panels on the roof [which Cory just added to in order to provide additional electricity to the campus for pumping water and sharing with the school office].

So today while enduring the slow chops of an ax just outside the house, gloomily anticipating the crash and praying for safety I pondered the life application of cutting down trees.

Trees most of the time represent good. They clean the air, produce oxygen and shade, help prevent erosion, look beautiful, provide homes for birds and much more... but in this case I did understand that the tree represented a threat to the house and blocked the sunlight in a bad way.

This time of year one often looks both backward and forward in time. Reviewing the last year while planing and anticipating the next.

 Pondering needed changes that could improve my life and fitting in my goal to live more intentionally I identified a few good things that unfortunately by taking up time or energy end up blocking my time with the Son.

The Son, as a Christian provides the power that runs my life much the same as we need the sun to power up our batteries. Therefore anything, even the 'good' things in this life that block or prevent His light in my life need to go.

I'll not list the items in my life that fall in this category because they may not be acting as a shadow in your life. This is one of those highly personal categories that I think we each need to figure out personally. Stuck? Just as God's Son to shine some light on the subject and I know you will receive an answer.