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A few summers back…

I was completely mesmerized by these tall, seemingly healthy trees along the shoreline of our lake. Even though they stood tall and straight growing toward the sun, much of their root system was exposed having been eroded by the constant lapping of water wearing away the soil and rock. I took so many pictures of those trees and each day would go by slowly while pondering their existence. How old were they? How long had they withstood this constant erosion? Would they make it much longer or succumb to their circumstances?

I connected with these trees. It was like I was looking at a reflection of me, standing there exposed and eroded from the constant waves of my life. Would they give in and finally fall into the deep waters during the next storm?

This series has played in my head so many times and I wondered - would I call it erosion? I certainly could see and feel life wearing away at me like it was them but year after year those trees are still standing. They are deeply rooted beyond what the eye can see.

I want to be like those trees, to be rooted regardless of what may be swirling around me, I want to stand tall and grow toward the sun. I want to be rooted in hope and charity.

So I am over the moon to be sharing Rooted, a new landscape series, with you this April.