The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago

		Trees
		“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”     If not you, who? If not now, when?   Psalm 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.  2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.  3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.     Psalm 1  1How well God must like you— you don't hang out at Sin Saloon, you don't slink along Dead-End Road,    you don't go to Smart-Mouth College  2-3 Instead you thrill to God's Word,       you chew on Scripture day and night.    You're a tree replanted in Eden,       bearing fresh fruit every month,    Never dropping a leaf,       always in blossom. El Arbol de Tule, the biggest tree in the world? (Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico) By Rohan Barnett © Rohan Barnett 2000 At over 2000 years old, El Arbol del Tule, which is actually an Ahuehuete Cypress, is amongst the oldest living trees in the world. With a 10 meter (33 feet) diameter trunk it is also considered by many to be the broadest tree in the world. The circumference of the trunk is an amazing 54 meters (178 feet) It is over 40 meters (130 feet) high, boasts a foliage diameter of over 51 meters (170 feet), and weighs over 500 tons.   Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. -- Joyce Kilmer    The Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) was first identified as a long-lived tree by Dr Edmund Schulman following surveys in California's White Mountains in 1954. The oldest pines grow at elevations above 3,000 metres in arid, rocky areas of the Great Basin that covers the state of Nevada and parts of Utah and California. (This mountainous area of 500,000 square kilometres has no rivers or creeks flowing out of it.) They exist on the tree line in severe conditions, and often appear to be mostly dead, with only part of the trunk having living bark and leaves. This growth strategy is a response to damage from climate and lightning strikes, and allows the tree to exist on limited resources. THE TREE OF LIFE “In the midst of the street…and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Revelation 22:2 Our Father has planted a beautiful tree, Whose evergreen branches His children behold; They walk ’neath its shade in the City above, Whose gates are of pearl and whose streets are of gold. Refrain We may eat of the beautiful tree of life, That stands in the midst of the City so fair; We may eat of its fruit and be healed with its leaves; No hunger, no sickness, no sorrow is there. Beside the pure river of crystal it grows, And yieldeth its fruit every month, we are told; Its leaves for the healing of nations designed, The nations who dwell in that City of gold. Refrain The hand of the Savior will wipe every tear, And banish forever the darkness of night; Sweet anthems eternal that region shall fill, The Lord is its glory, the Lord is its light. Refrain