The
prophet Ezekiel imagines the Lord as the One who provides shade and shelter and
sustenance for all creatures great and small. More to the point, the Great I AM
is not far off and removed but intimately involved in the process of planting
the noble cedar that produces boughs and fruit. “I myself will take a sprig…” I
will set it out...” I will break off a tender one…” I myself will plant it…” In
the same way the trees of the field recognize their vitality is determined by
the Great “I will accomplish it.” The tall and green tree is brought low and
made dry even as the dry and low tree is made green and tall. Not as a preference
but as God’s prerogative so that all will have to acknowledge God is master of seed
and sun and soil and moisture. So we too acknowledge that we are planted and sustained by the life giving Lord who heals all our diseases and mends our broken bones.
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