http://www.ourfathersworld.org/2010/01/29/tu-bshvat-happy-new-year-for-the-trees/ A Conversation about God, His Creation and Our Role in Creation Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.ourfathersworld.org/2010/01/29/tu-bshvat-happy-new-year-for-the-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Mom Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.ourfathersworld.org/?p=401#comment-751 I love the idea of praying for trees! When I was a little girl I had a favorite tree a short ways into my Grandfather's woods where I could climb up onto a big limb and curl up and read. Then when we lived in Pakistan for so many years, I really learned to be thankful for trees. In the hot season, which is most of the year in Sindh, the shade of a tree with a little breeze is amazing. I used to walk from our house to the hospital past a very old mango orchard. The trees hung over the wall shading the dirt road. They hadn't been pruned or cared for so didn't produce much fruit, but the cool green leaves gave beauty to an otherwise bleak landscape. One day they were there when I walked by in the morning, and when I walked back at 1 pm, bulldozers had taken down most of them! I went home and cried. Thanks for the reminder of how precious trees are. I love the idea of praying for trees! When I was a little girl I had a favorite tree a short ways into my Grandfather’s woods where I could climb up onto a big limb and curl up and read. Then when we lived in Pakistan for so many years, I really learned to be thankful for trees. In the hot season, which is most of the year in Sindh, the shade of a tree with a little breeze is amazing. I used to walk from our house to the hospital past a very old mango orchard. The trees hung over the wall shading the dirt road. They hadn’t been pruned or cared for so didn’t produce much fruit, but the cool green leaves gave beauty to an otherwise bleak landscape. One day they were there when I walked by in the morning, and when I walked back at 1 pm, bulldozers had taken down most of them! I went home and cried. Thanks for the reminder of how precious trees are.

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