hopeMonday, August 17
Hope for a Tree
Scripture
"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail."
— Job 14:7
What it means
Job says this having lost his children, his health and his property. He is not being cheerful. He is looking at an olive stump, and olive trees really do this: cut one down and shoots come up around the base, which is why some groves in that region are centuries old. Job can see it happen for a tree and wants to know whether it is true for a person.