I bless your heart’s longing
To be drawn to
The Tree of Life,
Never to
The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil,
That wicked “do to be Tree” (see Dudley Hall, Grace Works)
That promises:
“If you do more…
If you will grasp at the one forbidden tree,
If you will perform,
Then, your eyes will be opened
And you will be like God.” (see Gen. 3:5)
Instead,
I bless you to hunger for
The Tree of Life –
The “Be To Do Tree,”
The grace of God Tree
That assures –
You already are like God,
Made in His image.
That lives loved,
Lives by gift,
Is empowered by
The very Life of Christ.
May you feast today
Upon the Tree of Life
And savor the grace of God.