Psalm 1:3

"He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers."

Inspirational illustration of Psalm 1:3 -- He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

What Alan Smith reminds us of some important lessons that we can learn from trees.

What will you do about a New Year? We can continue to grow and mature and flourish if we choose to do so, even until we are quite old.

What kind of legacy are we leaving for those around us? Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the importance of growing deep roots of faith by the waters of God's grace.

Can you get too much of a good thing? Mike Barres reminds us that often what culture is giving us as water is not God's truth and will rot our roots.

We all have stories that are yet to be told, I call them our 'NUT Collection' — stories about where we've been and what we've done back in the day. Ron Rose talks about God's work in growing us into something special who all began as nuts who held their ground and God grew into his witnesses with stories to tell.