The Relationship Tree

Is relationship like a tree, Father: the leaves feeling, the trunk and branches shared experience, and the roots commitment? If so, we can loose the leaves and they will grow back, whether by storm or the cold of winter. In fact we should expect them to fall away sometimes and return in the next green season. And we can even loose the trunk and branches, thought this is much more serious and harder to grow back. These parts are only lost through severe storms and the cutting work of man. Recovery is slow and the result will be a largely different tree. But if we loose the roots, we are without hope. We must plant another tree.

Commit us to you, Lord, and to each other. Coventant with our souls and teach us faithfulness. Grow in us a shared experience in you and with each other. May we know you and may we see you. And let these roots and these branches bud and blossom into joy and zeal for you and for love. Amen.