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Withstand the Wind and Bear Fruit
By Meg Bucher "From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubic and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall." - Ezekiel 41:20 NIV Balmy air began to thaw the winter chill as the airport doors flew open. While the brown and leafless trees in my midwestern backyard still awaited the rebirth of spring, a line of palm trees swayed in the tropical Southern breeze to wave a welcome. "Funny," I thought as I removed my fleece-lined jacket, "how things can be dead and frozen in one place and warm and alive in another." The Book of Ezekiel contains a descriptive vision of a temple. In the quiet hours of my early morning time with God, I started to notice a repetition. Palm trees. Ezekiel's temple was never built. Scholars think it either will be built in the future, could be something we witness in heaven, or it could be a prophetic vision full of symbolism. A palm tree farm came up on my right as I biked down to the beach. Palm trees can stretch up to eighty feet and withstand powerful winds that shred their fronds, but they don't bear fruit for the first six to eight years of life. I couldn't help but wish to farm such beautiful fruit in my own life, and found encouragement in my current season of growth. Remembering the palm trees in the temple design of Ezekiel's vision, I couldn't help but feel connected to something ancient. | 
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