The sermon for Ash Wednesday found Starbuck's poster of a large tree that says: the deeper the root, the farther the reach. Psalm 1 also says this; with God all things are possible. Lent's season reminds us that although we have weaknesses, flaws and sins, God gave us His Son. Jesus knew all about our human nature, but He chose to give us the gift of eternal life in His kingdom. God makes the impossible, possible ~ perishable and weak becomes eternal and cherished.
Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the man [1]
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law [2] of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3 He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Footnotes
[1] 1:1 The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see preface
[2] 1:2 Or instruction
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