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\"\"<\/p>\n

Benediction<\/h3>\n

inspired by Luke 19:1-10<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

God is the rock to which you cling,
\n            your hiding place.
\n      This doesn\u2019t mean that now you should go
\n            where no one can find you.
\nInstead, this week, I invite you:
\n            come down out of your own sycamore tree.
\n      Jesus is coming to your home,
\n            to where you work
\n                  or learn
\n                        or play.
\nDon\u2019t be afraid. It\u2019ll be all right.
\n      Today salvation has come to this house,
\n            because you too are a son or daughter
\n                  of Abraham and Sarah.<\/p>\n

 
\n~ from Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren<\/strong>, posted on re:worship<\/a><\/p>\n\n

This week’s post was inspired by an article in The Guardian<\/a> featuring photographs of women posing in trees, a recurring theme in amateur photographs taken between the 1920s and 1950s.
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benediction inspired by Luke 19:1-10 God is the rock to which you cling,             your hiding place.       This doesn\u2019t mean that now you should go             where no one can find you. Instead, this week, I invite you:             come down out of your own sycamore tree.       Jesus is coming to your home,             to where you work                   or … Continue reading “Leave your tree”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[84,24],"tags":[263],"class_list":["post-16116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-benediction","category-tip","tag-trees"],"yoast_head":"\nLeave your tree - 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Grow out of him as a plant grows out of the soil it is planted in \u2014 becoming more and more sure of your faith. 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