“For there is hope for the tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease…at the scent of water, it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant.” – Job 14: 7-9

In The Twelve Gifts from the Garden, the story “A Tree Grows in Sedona” opens with this quote. It’s a true story about my neighbor’s tree being cut to the ground instead of being treated for insects as she requested. My neighbor, Joanne, wept and grieved for that tree. In time, like in Job 14: 7-9, new shoots appeared from the bare ground and her beloved tree returned.

“The return of Joanne’s tree symbolizes the strength and hope that lives in all of us and reminds us to keep courage and have faith. Something new can spring forth from abandoned dreams, stuck relationships, depleted finances, from challenge in any branch of our lives. There is hope for what may appear dead in our lives.” – from The Twelve Gifts from the Garden

Holding hope,
Charlene