JANE'S TREE AND WHO I AM IN CHRIST: Psalm 1: 3 Whatsoever I do shall prosper for I am like a tree planted by rivers of water. (Original Journal Writing November 2005)

Who is Jane's Tree Seed of Life ... Well, let me tell you.

Psalm 1: 3 Whatsoever I do shall prosper for I am like a tree planted by rivers of water.


It is about what I enjoy doing the most in life with WRITNG; JOURNALING; SHARING; and sharing about the pictures/stories/seeds of my own TREE OF LIFE from God.

ALL THE TREES OF THE FIELDS 'CLAP THEIR HANDS' (Please watch and listen to this music video, along with reading my journal writing of Janes Tree - by GOD's HAND)

Please take time to watch this CUTE ANIMATION VIDEO posted just below this...   as it is so true for LIFE itself and it applies to my own life. Also read below my writing of MY PERSONAL JOURNAL WRITINGS OF SEEDS OF LIVING LIFE: as I went from an unseen seed buried beneath the earth and now I am a tall GIGANTIC OAK TREE next to GOD's RIVER OF MERCY... Me, Janestree 

Walking in freedom because of JESUS... as He allowed me to write in my JOURNAL and I found myself in HIM 

There was a time that I struggled with Clinical Depression... as I felt that 'getting rid of Jane' so that others would be happy for me no longer being on this earth...   (Thoughts that almost destroyed me.)  It was during this deepest time of clinical depression that started in 2005, that I started to write and write and write...  For writing became a way for me to express myself but still be protected as no one saw my writings except for Jane, the tree that I often would sit under and God...    God gave me HIS STORY of ME in HIM.

Today I am healed of this and I walk in freedom but it took time and an effort of placing one small step in front of the other and NEVER giving up and NEVER giving in... although I often wanted to - I did not give in or give up as I chose not to be a VICTIM and walk in being a VICTIM but I chose to walk forward - no matter how long it took - I was going to WALK FORWARD and someday gain VICTORY...  

Today I look back and I see the FULLNESS of who I am today - Complete in JESUS CHRIST...  My identity is no longer 'who I was' or going through thing in 'my own strength', for I had actually collapsed and had no strength to hardly move forward but I did...  and today I AM A FULL GROWN TREE planted next to GOD'S RIVER OF MERCY and I am so happy to be LIVING TODAY....
Imagine a small tiny seed that has blown in the wind... and this small tiny seed falls into the ground... This small tiny seed is not seen by anyone as the feet of people rush by it and push it further into the ground. The dirt of this earth covers that tiny small seed... and that dirt becomes great darkness of depression that covers that seed. Hidden beneath. I am that SEED covered in the heaviness and darkness of this dirt.. No one takes notice of me and no one understands or sees my pain.

THE LEGEND OF THE TREES (Christian Animation Movie)

(Janestree Writing originally was written in my journal in November 2005)

         

                                              

I AM ALONE....

That small tiny seed of Jane, finally dies buried beneath the heaviness and darkness of the dirt that covers it... I lay there with no movement.

But then WARMTH OF LOVE reaches down below and that WARMTH OF LOVE beats down to me as this dead seed that is covered in darkness... This is the SUN's warmth of LOVE beating down upon me - and this becomes the SON (JESUS) and HIS LOVE for me that beats down upon me and strokes me with HIS LOVE... until one day a new sprout of green pushes through this seed and it pushes and pushes and pushes until it reaches the surface and it pushes upward as JANE tries to reach up and push up to THIS WARMTH OF LOVE...

God's Word is written: 2 Corinthians 12:9 Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

God's word is is written in:

2 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV) That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

(NLT) That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

I am finding strength in this weakness because of HIS LOVE shining down upon me.  So then I push and push upward and forward... these small tiny sprouts of life then start forming into a 'TREE'...

But this tree is small and the WINDS and STORMS come through and I bend back and forth - thinking I am going to break from these STORMS OF LIFE... but it is through these STORMS OF LIFE that my roots are digging in deeper into HIS LOVE AND HIS MERCY...

Ephesians 3:17 is written: (NIV) so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,

(NLT) Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong.

The STORMS OF LIFE come... my branches are whipped back and forth in these winds... but I do not break - for in this weakness my roots are digging inward and going deeper in tapping into GOD'S RIVER OF MERCY.... For in HIM - I am being made STRONGER...

One day as I, Janestree, is sitting there enjoying HIS LOVE AND HIS WARMTH, and the bright blue sky, a little sparrow bird, decides to build a nest and make her a family in my own branches as I hold her and become useful for her too... God is using me for helping others... This small little sparrow enjoys the strength of my own branches...

Here I am today, a huge gigantic OAK TREE that is nestled right next to the MERCY RIVER OF GOD, and this River flows directly to the throne room of GOD - so I am connected daily finding my strength in HIM and HIS WORD... and God is now using me in bringing shade to others and even being a 'home' for others such as this little sparrow nestled in the safety of my love as I hold this small sparrow in helping her... Me... Janestree....

Weakness that now has turned into GREAT STRENGTH - all started from DYING TO SELF and becoming ALIVE IN HIM.... and taking one small step forward.

JANESTREE - ME -

Jane and HIS TREE of LIFE for HIM...


God's word is written:

Psalm 46:4 (NIV) There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

(NLT) A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High.

Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

(NLT) So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

I am truly here for you... but don't place your trust in me as a human being but learn to place your TRUST in GOD and HIS WORD as you will NEVER \go wrong in this with life...

As a human being, we are all made of the same ingredient - CLAY and we can easily be broken... but HE is my source for all things in life... CLAY will disappoint me, CLAY will at times even hurt me and I then become broken... but HE will protect me... as I place my TRUST IN GOD and not CLAY.

Please listen to this video and allow the words to reach down deep into you...

I love you friend.... Take one small step forward today and lean on me if you need someone alongside in your weakness so you gain healing to strength...
I am here for you....

Scriptures on God's Mercy:

2 Samuel 24:14 And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

Psalms 86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all them that call on you.

Psalms 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Luke 6:36 Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

JESUS IS LORDWe all began as a tiny small seed,not even seen by the natural eye... and when we began to be formed into the person we are TODAY as a human being, we ALL started as this small tiny seed.

The first part of ME AND YOU that this small tiny seed formed in our mother's womb was a small beating heart (about the size of a quarter)... This small BEATING HEART is the same BEATING HEART that beats inside of me as a human being in full life TODAY....


We all are born with our own personal fingerprints (not one is alike).

Allow me to share JANE's STORY OF MY OWN JANE'S TREE and how I, Jane, started as a small tiny seed with a small tiny beating heart and became who I AM today in God as a fully grown woman of God that has become a TALL STRONG TREE as a Cedar of Lebanon....

Some of us are strong OAK trees, some of us are OLIVE TREES, some of us are the colors of the Maple Trees... but we ALL began as a small tiny seed that died and then through WEAKNESS on our own but in God's Mighty Strength we became a fully ALIVE TREE in Him....

As you read this story I have written to introduce you to me, Jane's Tree, imagine a small tiny SEED... planted deep beneath the earth's dirt. Held in darkness and coldness of this earth... A seed, only a small seed. A seed with no power or gain... A seed that is not even noticed as people walk over where Jane's seed was planted beneath the cold dark earth.... A seed covered completely by coldness, darkness, and heaviness - as the earth covers me as a hidden seed....

Psalm 139: 1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being in perfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

A SOWER of this seed, whom is called GOD - planted inside me as a person this SEED....A SEED without form, a SEED without substance, a SEED of nothingness, and a SEED of only weakness.... by the natural eye I am only a SEED without form or substance... But who is the real JANE inside this SEED that the SOWER planted....


Matthew 13: 31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. No person on this earth can even see me with their natural eyes as the heaviness, coldness, and darkness of this earth dirt covers me....My seed dies.... My seed lays dormant without form or without life.

One day, this cold dark dirt becomes warm and this small 'dead' seed can feel the warmth of LOVE surrounding this small dead seed. Through this death ... I push, push, and push, until finally a small green sprout of LIFE pushes through this small dead seed.A small grain of FAITH of LIFE pushes through....

Matthew 17: 20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.This small dead CHOSEN SEED of the SOWER buried beneath the heaviness, oldness, and darkness of the dirt covering it as it died is now being RESURRECTED INTO LIFE... as one small sprout of green growth of FAITH pushes through and soon following are other sprouts, more and more, as they push through the heaviness, coldness, and darkness of this WORLD covering this SEED that was planted by the SOWER....

 

Close your eyes, and imagine a small seed, covered up with heaviness, coldness, and darkness that at one time had o die in order to live LIFE and now through weakness as this weakness presses up forward to the warmth of the SON's LOVE surrounding my SEED OF LIFE....

I Corinthians 1: 27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strenth is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasurein infirmitie, in reproaches, n necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong. Soon as many sprouts are now resurrecting from this dead small seed with sprouts of NEW LIFE by the SOWER...

These sprouts press through this world's heaviness, coldness, and darkness to reach up to the everlasting (never ending) LOVE of His SONSHINE.... as His love reaches down to me buried beneath this earth....As they sprouts press through of NEW RESURRECTED LIFE - these small sprouts take on a newer form of LIFE and now become branches with newness of LIFE growing through the branches (leaves)...

The WINDS of LIFE come and this small little branch sticking out of this heavy, cold, dark ground of this world is bending back and forth as though it could BREAK from these winds... but these WINDS are only making this small little branch ROOTS even stronger as the ROOTS dig deeper into HIS LOVE...

The strong winds of life's challenges and the gentle whisper of Jesus' love. Elijah: On mount Horeb/Sinai. The mountain where Moses ascended to get the TABLETS/LAW, the written whisper of God's love for God's people. The place was Holy/Sacred. The Lord was not in the wind, but in the whisper, a tiny whisper. (God's stage-whisper: "I love you!") Elijah was awestruck. Jesus walks on the water in the midst of the strong wind, whispering to his disciples in a stage-whisper. Jesus speaks/ whispers, "Take courage, it is I; don't be afraid." Psalm 135:7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. Romans 8: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 3: 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,world without end. Amen. As my branch's roots grow deeper from the WINDS/CONFLICTS/TRIALS of life... I do no break but in my weakness I become stronger in Him. Soon one day after many changes throughout the years of persevering through the WINDS/CONFLICTS/TRIALS of life... this small ordinary seed that DIED buried beneath the heaviness/coldness/darkness of this world, through eakness took on a new form of strength in HIM... and even became more stronger through the WINDS/CONFLICTS/TRIALS of this world as I persevered moving forward one step at a time... (Working out my salvation in Him).... I now have become a fully grown TREE from this tiny unseen buried seed... Next to HIS RIVER OF MERCY...

A strong CEDAR tree of Lebanon...

A seed planted by the SOWER OF LIFE....Me, Jane,this is JANES TREE...

Psalm 1: 3
Whatsoever I do shall prosper for I am like a tree planted by rivers of water.

How I sign everything:


I am a SEED in God's Hands for HIM to plan where He desires for me to grow. 
A seed buried beneath the heaviness of this earth, pushing forward upward to God, and someday will be a beautiful strong tree.....

Psalm 1: 3 Whatsoever I do shall prosper for I am like a tree  planted by rivers of water.

2 Corinthians 12: 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Janestree

Continue reading below of Bible Story I wrote:

BIBLE LESSON ON MY STORY:

In 2011, Joplin Missouri USA a devastating windstorm / tornado wreaked havoc in this town. Roofs were blown off houses, telephone and utility poles came down, and live electrical wires crackled and snapped on the sidewalks. Trees were uprooted and overturned, many of them falling across streets, blocking traffic; others crashed through car roofs and windows or smashed through housetops. Even the pavement was cracked and torn up by the roots of these trees as they were felled by the wind.

As pictures of this area have reflected through the neighborhoods and pictures of so many trees lying about, totally ripped out of the earth, I mused on the function of their roots, now exposed to view. Some of the familiar verses and parables of Scripture came alive and took on clearer meaning to me as I pondered the sights of the storm's aftermath. Both the Old and New Testaments draw on images of the plant world to describe God's people and teach us valuable lessons about our spiritual condition.

Nature surrounds us; its images are familiar to us and can aptly communicate spiritual truths to us because we understand them so well. The prophet Jeremiah expressed one of the most beautiful analogies in the Old Testament, comparing the faith-filled person with a strong, flourishing tree: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. He is like a tree planted beside waters, that stretches out its roots to the stream. It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green. In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit" (Jer. 17:7-9).

It is worth a closer look at the purpose and function of the root system of a tree to see the full significance of Jeremiah's analogy. The root system serves to guarantee the existence of the whole tree. Without roots, a tree simply could not even survive. One of the roots' functions is to anchor the tree in the soil, providing stability and a firm base for the entire structure of the trunk, branches, leaves, and fruit. For example, the root system of a maple tree, primarily hidden underground, is often as extensive and broad as the crown of the tree, and its longest roots may reach as deep in the earth as the tree is tall. Another purpose of the r/ots is to take up water and minerals from the soil, synthesizing food and growth regulators that are transmitted through the woody portions of the roots to the trunk.

The thicker, more substantial roots are actually covered with thousands of finer roots and root hairs which increase the absorbing surface of the main roots and come in contact with a tremendous volume of soil and nutrients. As much as 30 feet of root fibers have been found in one inch of soil when examined with a microscope! In order to take up water and minerals, the roots penetrate into the soil, seeking the best conditions.

In temperate climates, roots are found closer to the surface of the ground, but in drier, arid areas, roots penetrate to a much deeper level, seeking moisture. Some desert shrubs have roots that extend downwards in the earth as deeply as 230 feet!

A final task of the root system is to store food for later use in the growth of the tree's trunk, branches, and foliage. In the climate of Palestine, tree and plant life are often threatened by heat and drought. When we realize this, we can better appreciate the beauty and spiritual reality of Jeremiah's analogy of a man's trust in the Lord being like a tree whose roots sustain it in adverse conditions: "It fears not the heat when it comes, its leaves stay green. In the year of drought it shows no distress, but still bears fruit."

In the last chapter of the book of Hosea, the prophet repeats the image of Israel as a fruitful plant or tree watered and sustained by his relationship with the Lord: "I will be like the dew of Israel: he shall blossom like the lily; he shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar, and put forth his shoots. His splendour shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar. Again they shall dwell in his shade and raise grain. They shall blossom like the vine, and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon... Because of me you bear fruit!" (Hos. 14:6-8).

Another image drawn from the plant world is that of a tree that has been cut down, but whose roots survive to send up a new shoot that can grow into a tree again. This image is applied to the coming Messiah. Isaiah prophesied, "A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.... On that day, the root of Jesse, set up as a signal for the nations, the gentiles shall seek out, for his dwelling shall be glorious. On that day the Lord shall again take it in hand to reclaim the remnant of his people" (Isa. 11:1, 10-11).

Jeremiah also foretold: "Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David. As king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land" (Jer. 23:5).

A final look at an Old Testament image of nature drawn by the author of the book of Job leaves us with profound spiritual hope when we consider our own repeated sins and failures to live a holy life: "For a tree there is hope, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again and that its tender shoots will not cease. Even though its roots grow old in the earth and its stump die in the dust, yet at the first whiff of water it may flourish again and put forth branches like a young plant" (Job 14:7-9).

I remember once coming across the heartening sight of a dry, old stump of a tree that had been chopped down, out of which down close to the roots, small, new branches were sprouting, bearing tender, fresh green leaves!

The New Testament expands on these images. Jesus knew the value of using parables from nature for his listeners. He often spoke about the organic cycle of life, fruit-bearing, and death to illustrate the truths of the life of the spirit. Perhaps the best-known example is the parable of the sower and the seed. Once again we see the importance of our connection with the Lord himself-how we need to be rooted securely in him to sustain life and bear fruit: "Some of the seed landed on rocky ground where it had little soil; it sprouted immediately because the soil had no depth. Then, when the sun rose and scorched it, it began to wither for lack of roots" (Mark 4:5-6).

These seeds put down roots, and the roots struggled to find anchorage, but the soil was rocky.

Finally the plant withered and died, because the roots and no source of water and nutrients. As Jesus explained, "Those sown on rocky ground are people who on listening to the word accept it joyfully at the outset. Being rootless, they last only a while. When some pressure or persecution akes them because of the word, they falter" (Mark 4:16-17).

Thus we see how important it is that we strike root deep in the Lord, being anchored firmly in faith, and sustained by our fellowship with him.

Jesus also spoke another word-both of warning and of hope-in this parable recorded by Luke: "A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he came out looking for fruit on it but did not find any. He said to the vine-dresser, 'Look here! For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree and found none. Cut it down. Why should it clutter up the ground?' In answer the man said, 'Sir, leave it another year, while I hoe around it and manure it. Then perhaps it will bear fruit. If not, it shall be cut down'" (Luke 13:6-9).

Mercifully, Jesus offers us the opportunity to grow and amend our ways. The parable challenges us to examine our own lives and relationship with the Lord, our responsiveness to him, and our use of the talents he has given us.

We should ask ourselves what Jesus would find in our lives if he were to come seeking fruit. Do I produce healthy growth through abiding in Jesus, or is my spiritual life withering because I am not rooted in him? Am I putting his gifts to use for others, or are they failing to blossom? Perhaps I am producing all leafy show, pretty foliage that pleases the eye, but has no fruit.

Jesus spoke of this reality in greater depth on the last evening of his life as he instructed the disciples: "Live on in me, as I do in you. No more than a branch can bear fruit of itself apart from the vine, can you bear fruit apart from me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who lives in me, and I in him, will produce abundantly, for apart from me you can do nothing. A man who does not live in me is like a withered, rejected branch, picked up to be thrown in the fire and burned. If you live in me and my words stay part of you, you may ask what you will: it will be done for you" (John 15:4-7).

Finally, Paul used an analogy similar to those that Jesus frequently used. To the members of the church at Colossae he stressed the importance of living in union with Christ. In his choice of words Paul used the same Greek verb for "to be rooted" that is used throughout the gospels when Jesus spoke his parables about putting down roots in him: "As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving" (Col. 2:6-7). One of the most effective ways we can be rooted in Christ is to immerse ourselves in his word. When you read and study Scripture, remember that it is a lifeline with the Lord. You are striking your roots deeper and deeper into good life-giving soil and drinking from the living waters: "Happy the man who... delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on his law day and night. He is like a tree planted near running water, that yields its fruit in due season, whose leaves never fade" (Psalm 1:1, 2-3).

TREE SONG with Ballet dance

How He Loves lyrics by David Crowder Band

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us, oh,
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

And oh, how He loves us, oh,
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.

And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If grace is an ocean, we're all sinking.
So Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about the way...

He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.

Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us...
Oh, how He loves us...
Oh, how He loves us.

Love all of you - From Janes Tree

(Janestree copyrighted and came about as of August 1996)

WHAT KIND OF TREE OR SEASON IS FROM YOUR OWN HEART TODAY

WHAT KIND OF TREE DO YOU SEE FROM YOUR OWN HEART

(Read below picture)

A TREE OF ALL SEASONS

A HEART OF ALL SEASONS

ALL THE TREES OF THE FIELDS WILL CLAP THEIR HANDS

God determines when a season begins and ends. Scripture says, “Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. 21 He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them…” (Dan 2:20-21 NIV)

Jesus seemed very aware of God controlling the times. He said in John 2:4, “…My time has not yet come.” Later in John 17:1, he prayed confidently, “…Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.”

It is helpful to remember that there is a purpose in every season.

• Paul waited for months before God opened the door for ministry.
• Elisha followed Elijah for years hoping to get what Elijah had.
• Joseph spent years in prison before being promoted to the palace.

I try to remind myself that I can’t skip a season and every season is important.

If you seem stuck in a non-ending season, find comfort in these verses:

This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place… Habakkuk 2:3

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Gal 6:9

What are some of the most important seasons you’ve experienced? Roll downward to continue reading

Jane's (janestree) own pictures from her own camera

There once was a man whom had four sons.

He wanted his sons to learn not to JUDGE THINGS too quickly.

He sent them each on a question, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter months, the second son went in the spring months, the third went into the summer months, and the youngest son went in the fall monthsWhen they had all gone and saw this one this one tree up close and reported what they saw, this was there findings of what they saw from this same tree.

The first son, whom went to see this tree in the winter months said "the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted, and looked dead"...

The second son whom saw the same tree only in the spring said "No, it was covered with green buds, and it was full of promise and new life".

The third son whom went in the summer; he said 'It was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing I have ever seen."

The last son, whom was the youngest, he went in the fall season, he said "It was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

"The man then explained to his four sons that they were ALL RIGHT, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life. 

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.

If you give up when it is winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, the fulfillment of your fall".

In the winter a tree can look as though there is NOTHING and NO LIFE - but deep inside this tree is FULL OF LIFE as CHANGE is happening in the secret places of the HEART that no one else can see.

Do not JUDGE by what your eyes see... for GOD KNOWS THE HEART of what is going on deep inside HIS TREE OF LIFE....

Signed Janes Tree

(Many of the pictures I have shared with this writing - I actually took myself.  I love taking pictures of trees in all seasons.  I also am known of taking pictures of barns - many barns - some barns falling within, some barns that are new, and many shapes of different various barns...  - something I enjoy and then creating a story behind the picture where a picture is worth a 1000 words)

But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins Matthew 6:15

How often I have been guilty of SIN within my own life toward others. SIN of allowing the sun to go down my own anger. SIN of bitterness. SIN of walking in JUDGEMENT toward another.

I too am guilty of SIN before GOD.

If I have SINNED toward anyone on facebook (and I mean truly personally offended someone on facebook) then I ask not only before GOD - but I also ask for your forgiveness of my own inadequacies and my own SIN.

Currently, my biggest SIN of my own heart has been a SIN toward 'church' in a whole.

I have shared with my husband, Mark, many times throughout my life, that I feel safer with those living on the streets whom are deeply trapped in sin of drugs, alcoholics, prostitutes, and gang members - I have felt more 'safer' with these people than with people within a 'church building' setting. Most of this is because this is Mark's and my actual 'CALLING' IN GOD to minister to those outside the church building walls through Rescue Mission Ministry. 

A Shepherd to those outside of the church buildings, whom have no guidance of a Shepherd. 

Song:You loved me any way... by Sidewalk Prophets:  Tired of a life riddle with tragedy, a girl makes what she decides is her last mistake, but when her father finds her suicide note he rushes to reassure her that no matter what she has done, he loves her anyway. Based on the original song "You Love Me Anyway" written and performed by the Sidewalk Prophets, this is a story of both pain and redemption.

A Shepherd to the Prodigal sons and daughters whom have gone astray and become trapped in the WORLD.... in which we desire to lead them back to wholeness in YESHUA (JESUS) and RESTORE them back to their Father's and Mother's House.

The main reason that 'Rescue Mission' Ministry began in 1826 originally in Scotland, and then it traveled to New York City in 1872 - was because the prostitutes of NYC in 1872 would go to the 'church' building settings to hear of GOD and God's Word -
These women were shunned and REJECTED and told to leave the 'church group' settings.

Maria McAuley- before she came to know JESUS as her LORD - she had been a prostitute and ran BROTHEL HOUSES in New York City. Jerry McAuley - before he came to know JESUS as his Lord - he had been a part of the original gangs of NYC and had been in and out of prison. When Jerry and Maria came to know JESUS as their LORD, REDEEMER, SAVIOUR - they repented, and went 180 degrees the opposite way.

Jerry and Maria heard the wounds of these broken women whom the 'church settings' were shunning, REJECTING, and turning away... so Jerry and Maria brought 'CHURH' to the broken women. Every Sunday morning - Jerry and Maria would set up CHURCH inside these brothel houses of Prostitution and share of God's Mercy, Love, and Redemption (inside the places of SIN (not in fancy church buildings outside - where these women were REJECTED)... When the women would truly accept JESUS as their Lord - it is recorded that they would fall on the floor and start weeping before GOD for they had no place to live for shelter, no family on the outside, and no place to belong.. So Jerry and Maria purchased a small old warehouse building and set up the first RESCUE MISSION MINISTRY in America that started in 1872. They provided 24 hour a day/7 days a week shelter, food, clothing, and the GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST to make people whole...

I also personally have experienced more 'HURT', 'WOUNDS', and 'REJECTIONS' through the 'church' settings. But yet, I belong with them for they are 'sheep' as myself and it is SIN to not be gathered together in GOD... for GOD never wants us to be alone, (a man unto himself, or a Maverick) for it is within the BODY (within these 'church' settings) where IRON sharpens IRON and I become accountable.  We all have failed from within GOD's BODY... look at the BRIDE OF CHRIST - where there is 53% divorce rate, where there is hidden pornography and/or internet emotional relationships but people whom are fellow Believers, but it HIDDEN SECRETS OF SIN - when GOD sees all.
I allowed the SUN to go down on my anger and thus this gave Satan opportunity to place anger and a sin of UNFORGIVENESS and OFFENSE, which led to BITTERNESS, toward others (mainly certain Pastors, within certain 'church' settings, where I too have experienced REJECTION and was told to leave.). 

You see, Mark and I, both of us, had been in full-time ministry at Albuquerque Rescue Mission for over 15 years. We went through many things together in this ministry. The Lord spoke to Mark for us to return back to my 'root' area in Illinois so God could do a deep inner healing of my heart.... but we also needed to be built back up for we had been in a battle of people's lives from the streets.... we were not weary from doing good, but we were weary of doing our 'calling' before GOD as Warriors for the Kingdom of God against the Prince of Darkness of people' souls.. We needed to be refreshed and built back up in Christ.

The Warrior is a CHILD  -  They don't know my tears...

When we returned back to this area, I became very ANGRY with GOD and with Mark for I felt they brought me back to this area to KILL ME. As for me I had not lived in this area since 1986 and it was GREAT for it was OUT OF SITE, OUT OF MIND.... I never spoke of anything pertaining to any of my past when we were out of this area....

But when we returned back to this area in 2005 - everything surfaced to the very top of my heart... the memories, the faces, the wounds... and a disorder of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) came straight to the surface. I was reentering a world of WAR from within the soul.... (not wanting to remember - but EVER THING was flooding my thoughts of memory)... I became sick of body, soul, and spirit. (to best describe this disorder for one whom suffers from it - place yourself inside a huge gigantic washing maching and the SPIN CYCLE has messed up and is SPINNING HARDER AND FASTER then it is suppose to SPIN and the 'OFF' Button has broken off... This describes what it is like for a person's thoughts and mind whom suffers from PTSD.) 

God can heal this... as today I have been HEALED and am walking in that HEALING.... through Godly counsel by a professional counselor whom knows how to counsel (not a quick, hurry up, get over it attitude) but one whom understands and is patient.... GOD'S WORD reading HIS WORD all the time as this will WASH THE MIND with the WATER OF HIS WORD, and with friends whom will LOVE YOU through to HEALING (But not friends as JOBS FRIENDS as they would not be safe.)... But SAFE FRIENDS.

For me it felt as though I had been placed in a deep dark muddy hole in the earth and the more I struggled with my thoughts to get out - the more that the MUD drew me deeper into my soul and my thoughts.

It became my 'DARK NIGHT OF MY SOUL'... a place that I would not even wish upon my worst enemy in life... a place that even JOB suffered going through... and a place that only is between GOD AND YOU ONLY... For it is a deep time of REFINING THE PURITY OF PURE GOLD through FIRE as all the dormant JUNK of one's life floats to the surface where EVERYONE can gaze into my personal EVIL of my own heart issues as they float to the top (as with JOB as his friends counseled JOB wrong, not knowing the anguish of JOBS HEART, SOUL, AND MIND)... 

EXPLANATION OF DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL:
Dark Night of the Soul

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For the album, see Dark Night of the Soul (album).

Dark night of the soul is a metaphor used to describe a phase in a person's spiritual life, marked by a sense of loneliness and desolation. It is mentioned by spiritual traditions throughout the world, but in particular by Christianity.

Poem and treatise by Saint John of the Cross

Dark Night of the Soul ( panish: La noche oscura del alma) is the title of a poem written by 16th-century Spanish poet and Roman Catholic mystic Saint John of the Cross, as well as of a treatise he wrote later, commenting on the poem. Saint John of the Cross was a Carmelite priest. His poem narrates the journey of the soul from its bodily home to its union with God. The journey occurs during the night, which represents the hardships and difficulties the soul meets in detachment from the world and reaching the light of the union with the Creator. There are several steps in this night, which are related in successive stanzas. The main idea of the poem can be seen as the painful experience that people endure as they seek to grow in spiritual maturity and union with God. The poem is divided into two books that reflect the two phases of the dark night. The first is a purification of the senses. The second and more intense of the two stages is that of the purification of the spirit, which is the less common of the two. Dark Night of the Soul further describes the ten steps on the ladder of mystical love, previously described by Saint Thomas Aquinas and in part by Aristotle. The text was written while John of the Cross was imprisoned by his Carmelite brothers, who opposed his reformations to the Order.
The treatise, written later, is a theological commentary on the poem, explaining its meaning by stanza.

Spiritual term in the Christian tradition

Main article: Spiritual dryness

The term "dark night (of the soul)" is used in Christianity for a spiritual crisis in a journey towards union with God, like that described by Saint John of the Cross.

Typically for a believer in the dark night of the soul, spiritual disciplines (such as prayer and consistent devotion to God) suddenly seem to lose all their experiential value; traditional prayer is extremely difficult and unrewarding for an extended period of time during this "dark night." The individual may feel as though God has suddenly abandoned them or that his or her prayer life has collapsed. It is important to note however that the presence of doubt is not tantamount to abandonment—as there is a strong Biblical tradition of authentic confusion before God. Psalms 13, 22, and 44 display King David, the 'man after God's own heart' undergoing serious confusion before and anguish with God, yet this is not condemned or mentioned as being unfaithful, but rather as the only measure of faith that David could have in the face of such withering apparent abandonment.

Rather than resulting in permanent devastation, the dark night is regarded by mystics and others as a blessing in disguise, whereby the individual is stripped (in the dark night of the senses) of the spiritual ecstasy associated with acts of virtue. Although individuals may for a time seem to outwardly decline in their practices of virtue, in reality they become more virtuous, as they are being virtuous less for the spiritual rewards (ecstasies in the cases of the first night) obtained and more out of a true love for God. It is this purgatory, a purgation of the soul, that brings purity and union with God.

Jesus Christ may also have experienced such a crisis, when uttering My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? on the cross, before dying. Jesus was quoting Psalm 22, which contains many parallels to Jesus' suffering and death, most likely in an attempt to point out the similarities of his situation to the Psalm to the onlookers as he died: "O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins".

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a 19th-century French Carmelite, underwent similar experience. Centering on doubts about the afterlife, she reportedly told her fellow nuns, "If you only knew what darkness I am plunged into."^[1]

While this crisis is usually temporary in nature, it may last for extended periods. The "dark night" of Saint Paul of the Cross in the 18th century lasted 45 years, from which he ultimately recovered. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, according to letters released in 2007, "may be the most extensive such case on record", lasting from 1948 almost up until her death in 1997, with only brief interludes of relief between.^[2] Franciscan Friar Father Benedict Groeschel, a friend of Mother Teresa for a large part of her life, claims that "the darkness left" towards the end of her life.^[3]

It was not a place that I chose to be - but it was a place GOD chose for me to be as HE DUG DEEP into the Darkest part of my soul and my mind.

While going through this DEEPEST NIGHT of my soul, I did not need friends as JOBS FRIENDS, to tell me of my wrong before GOD, or to JUDGE me, or to be negative toward me... but I just needed a 'friend' to sit by me and minister and comfort me through this time of my life... I just needed a friend.

Mark and I started attending a church in this area.... To this day, I still love this Pastor and have great respect and honor of him... and I would love to go back to this church... but this Pastor and a Women Group Leader of this church had greatly JUDGED ME and REJECTED me for being in this condition... 

They treated my talking of my past through my PTSD disorder as 'sin' and that I needed to be corrected in this sin. But this was NOT SIN, but it was a broken heart of a broken woman that simply just needed a friend to care. They placed me on the outside and asked me to 'leave'...

In May 2010, when this happened - I wept for days and days and did not even want to go back to any 'church' building setting. I even went to one of the women of this church women's group (that REJECTED me)... and asked her to forgive me for speaking of the pain of my PAST, but she pushed away and hatefully said to me "I really don't want to deal with you, just leave me alone'...

Since that time, I also have learned within these past two weeks (not speaking of this to others) that this same church has also 'REJECTED' others and told them also to leave (Even one couple had separated in marriage while attending this church, and because of this, after the 2nd counseling meeting with the church pastor, they were asked to 'leave')... Because the Lord has brought these things to me (without me seeking it out or sharing anything to anyone) but it was bought up from their own mouths - I now realize that it is not me personally, for I am not alone.

My counselor, whom knows me best (except GOD and Mark), her husband has a deep gift of DISCERNMENT of GOD. She shared with me that one day as they were coming toward this church setting that she asked her husband to pray and what he was getting from his heart concerning this church. They pulled in the church parking lot as he prayed and he shared with her 'I get a spirit of being very RIGID, almost a religious standard RIGID, placing people in boxes and if the person goes outside that box then they will be REJECTED by this church, and a strong spirit of JUDGEMENT with this RIGID standard line which is 'man' - not GOD. But the strongest feeling was 'RIGID of Judgement toward others whom did not fit in' Her husband knew nothing about me.....

Is this what 'church' is suppose to be and how we treat those whom are broken.... even in 1872 when broken women (as prostitutes) came through the doors of 'church building' settings - they too were REJECTED and placed on the outside...

What is the purpose of CHURCH? If we become a 'comfortable' zone setting but if we are not 'comfortable' with a broken person and we 'REJECT' them for being broken - where can they go to where they will be accepted, loved, encouraged, embraced to HEALING AND TO VICTORY....

Is it okay for churches to have 'support' groups for broken people to gain healing step-by-step rather then being REJECTED.... for this group to listen to the pain and suffering but then applying the BALM of Gilad upon their wounds, showing kindness, patience, understanding, and GOD's loving MERCY but at the same time pressing in a gentle way toward the GOAL of being delivered and brought to HEALING of the soul (without being pushed away).... no matter how long it takes for others (since it is not cookie cutter molds)... and we all are different...

Is this kind of church setting SAFE for personal family whom are all hired in this church setting, and SAFE for those whom this family embraces and feels COMFORTABLE with and people whom always say 'YES with their positive approvals and positive feedback and support'... But is this kind of 'church setting' SAFE for broken people? (Note: My counselor has had me reading a book called 'SAFE PEOPLE' as my assignments.  I am recognizing that there are truly SAFE PEOPLE but there are those whom are not SAFE PEOPLE to have around...  (Such as JOBS FRIENDS were not safe people to have around during the process of what JOB was going through.)

The feeling I picked up from this 'church Pastor' is 'I told you once, or you went through the program once, so now you need to get over it and move foward'... but this places people as 'cookie cutter molds' of one size fits all....

Personally I am more SCARED of CHURCHES as this - then people in gangs...

But since that time Mark and I have been able to find where we belong in a 'church setting' where it truly has been SAFE for us.  Because of this I have come to HEALING and being set FREE from the memories of HELL that I do not want to take ownership with any longer...  But it came because it became a SAFE PLACE for Mark and me as a couple...

But this is where I have SINNED before GOD... For I allowed the sun to set on my 'ANGER AND HURT' from this REJECTION and this gave Satan an opportunity of offense, which then turned into BITTERNESS.... I am greatly ASHAMED of this SIN.

My heart before my Lord has been wrong and I have sinned before my GOD.
My heart is filled with great tears of sorrow for my own sin from my own heart actions.

Please BELOVED PASTOR(S) if I have offended you in any way.... I ask your forgivness before my GOD for my heart is in great sorrow for the 'evil' within my own heart.

I desire so badly to be reconciled to this PASTOR and I have cried out to this Pastor, but I do not think he wants anything to with me.  It has not been from me having a spirit of Jezebel against this Pastor for I am not against this Pastor or church at all, as this is a solid church of GOD that GOD is using, and they are a blessing to my heart, and I want no place of recognition or power but I simply have been hurt from REJECTION done through this church and I just want to be reconciled.   The tears of my heart are real... 

I want to have a PURE, RIGHT HEART BEFORE HIM (GOD)... so I can 'see HIM face to face'... a.d yet my heart is filthy with great SINS from secret places from within.

I am learning daily and I am CHANGING DAILY in God... for I want MORE OF HIM and less of me. But yet, I am guilty....

If any of us, have wronged or offended a brother and/or sister in our Lord Jesus, or with anyone: if you have spoken and gossiped against a brother or sister behind their backs; if you have stolen from anyone; if you have coveted what someone else has; if you have JUDGED a sister/brother in the Lord even judging a person having a Jezebel Spirit - this too is SIN before God as this is putting yourself in JUDGEMENT of a brother/sister; if you are married and have had an affair with committing adultery; and/or even having an Internet emotional affair and you are married - this too is the same as adultery and you are playing a GAME of FIRE with sin - and GOD sees ALL - as nothing is hidden with GOD.

If you are PLAYING ANY OF THESE GAMES OF SIN - confess the 'sin' (no4 only with GOD) but with the actual person face-to-face where you have actually committed the SIN toward and/or harmed with your WORDS OR ACTIONS.

If we 'REJECT' our own brothers and sisters because they are BROKEN then how can we LOVE OUR ENEMIES whom hate our LORD JESUS.....

It is a cheap way to only confess to GOD in secret only - but it will make a real CHANGE OF HEART to confess to the actual person whom you have done wrong towards.... God's Word says:

Numbers 5:5-7 Confession and Restitution
5 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the children of Israel: ‘When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit in unfaithfulness against the LORD, and that person is guilty, 7 then he shall confess the sin which he has committed. He shall make restitution for his trespass in full, plus one-fifth (20%) of it, and give it to the one he has wronged.

Matthew 5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift (sacrifice) to the altar, and there rememerest  that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24Leave there thy gift (sacrifice) before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

Matthew 6:15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 18:21-22 "[21] Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" [22] Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."

Galatians 6:1 "[1] Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted."

2 Corinthians 2:6-8 "[6] The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient for him. [7] Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. [8] I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him."

Lord, thank you for showing me the filthiness of my own sin and evil of my own heart before You. Thank you for loving me enough to show me my wrong. Please Lord forgive me of these sins before You. Lord let me hear from my brother as my heart would greatly be encouraged to see how you bring about us being RECONCILED in You... I want this more than anything Lord... Bless this Pastor and this CHURCH for they do love you greatly and they are moving strong in You... We all have failed as human beings.... Lord, as you hung on the cross, shedding your blood for our sins, you cried out 'Father, forgive them for they know not what they do'... Father God, forgive all of us as Believers as we do not know what we do toward one another... YOUR Body Lord, YOUR 'CHURCH'... Start by forgiving me for being wrong with YOUR CHURCH and YOUR BODY... Thank you Lord for your BLOOD. YESHUA (JESUS) IS MY LORD....

Lord - RESTORE MARK AND ME to be COURAGEOUS ONCE AGAIN....  We surrender all of our hurts, our wounds, our disappointments in life and give to you.  I purpose to FORGIVE - RESTORE Mark and I and make us WHOLE in YOU

I am HEALED, I am SET FREE, I am DELIVERED, I am WHOLE in Christ JESUS.... If man rejects me - this is okay - for man rejected JESUS too...  What matters is that GOD accepts ALL of me.... and HE WILL NEVER REJECT ME and HE WILL NEVER REJECT YOU...