Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
~Susan Ertz, Anger in the Sky
At the base of this pear tree lies the tell-tale evidence of when I once cut it down. I had a fanciful notion of building a posh little outdoor deck where I could entertain. The deck never came to fruition as the pear tree never bore fruit. But, at the time I felt justified.
In an extended act of defiance this little fruitless pear showed me up. It grew back with a "you have no power over me" vengeance.
It now stands strong and tall without the benefit of a Sunset magazine deck floating about its heels. 
The womb that was once empty now swells with gift basket fruit.
This morning I find myself pressed to remember that with death comes new life.
I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
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In the land of the living.
Wait on the LORD;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the LORD!
-Psalm 27 13-14
