A LDERSGATE U NITED M ETHODIST C HURCH
Experience J ANUARY 2016
NEW WOOD When the great poet and author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was well along in years, an admirer asked him how it was that he was able to keep so vigorous and write so beautifully. Pointing to a blooming apple tree nearby, he replied, “That apple tree is very old, but I never saw prettier blossoms upon it than those it now bears. The tree grows a little new wood every year, and I suppose it is out of that new wood that those blossoms come. Like the apple tree, I try to grow a little new wood every year.” As Christians, we need to nurture our lives in
Christ, so that they continue to consistently grow. We will continue our growth as God’s children by studying His Word. By this, we know that our lives will bear fruit for the Master. Psalm 1:1-3 tells us “Blessed are those who do not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers. But their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law they meditate day and night. They are like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season, and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever they do prospers.”
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“That apple tree is very old, but I never saw prettier blossoms …”
In this new year, let’s make a personal commitment to growing new wood, and blossoming into beautiful children of God. Rev. Dr. Homer E. Morris, Senior Pastor
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