Blessed is the one

Blessed is the one
    whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree, planted by streams of water,
    which yields its fruit in season
    and whose leaf does not wither - 
    whatever they do prospers.
                                                                   PSALM 1:1, 2-3

A tree planted in this place easily takes in its daily source
of life-sustaining essentials:
   - water & minerals 
   - sunlight 

Ezekiel writes about the trees planted along the river that flows from the temple:
When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river.
Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river.  Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail.  Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them.  Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.              EZEKIEL 47:1, 12

When someone takes in a constant supply of love from the LORD, there is only love to pour out. When we are parched, or have consumed from an unhealthy supply, there is not sufficient reserve to pour out.  

The Lord's people are called to a lifestyle of extravagant caring!

To do this, being immersed in His love for us is essential!  For those who read this, 
I have prayed the same words of Paul to the Ephesian church for you:

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.


Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
EPHESIANS 3:14-21