Take a moment to ponder: where do you have your roots? Where are you established? Is it a place, your family? Or is it your career, maybe your possessions? Reflecting on these questions can lead to a deeper understanding of your values and beliefs.
We live in a time of great anxiety. Stock market portfolios look shaky. We fight over values and may even compromise our values because the ends justify the means.
I once thought I had been uprooted because my wife and I answered a call to another place. We were away from family and friends in an unfamiliar land. And when troubles came, it felt like we had little to cling to.
Now, I realize difficult times made our roots grow deeper. You don’t know how strong your faith is until it is tested. It’s during these trials that our faith becomes our anchor, guiding us through the storm.
The other day, storms came through our town, and we saw uprooted old trees. Until the storm, I would have told you that tree was solid. But the storm revealed the roots were rotten and gone. A mighty tree was now nothing more than firewood.
Being rooted and established will help you through life’s difficulties. It’s not about a place, an institution, or a human. A firmly rooted faith is all you need because everything else can be gone instantly.
Where have you grown your roots? Take a moment to reflect on this. It’s in these roots that you will find the strength to weather life’s storms.
