Leaves of Life
Soul Snack 9/184 ... Leaves of life!
Was the tree of life a persimmon tree? Surely its fruits would have delighted the palate as much as they engaged the eyes.
Centred in Eden was the Tree of Life. I wonder if it shaded the tree standing beside it, the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil.
The Tree of Life is the only tree of eternity. The rich headwaters of the four rivers in Eden the guarantor of its permanence.
Leaves give life to the tree so that it may bear fruit. In the leaves alone there is health.
In John's 2000 yr old vision he sees the Tree of Life and understands its leaves.
... down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. Rev 22:2
The search for healing abounds. The natural poultice of leaves has been applied to wounds since Adam was a lad.Yet somehow in our thirst for the knowledge of healing we overlook the Tree of Life, for it is in this tree's leaves that there is life, in its leaves are healing.
The wounded, the weak and the weary will find repair. The lost, the least, the last and the lonely will feel love ... but first all must approach the correct tree.