The Olive Tree
A confused sub came before her Master who adored
her.She felt to submit to Him would mean she would open herself up to unbearable pain should He ever leave her..She hungered for Him and needed Him but was ready to walk away in panic.
The gentle Master knelt her before Him and started a tale of love and devotion as she looked up at Him His arms began to widen and open like a large tree stretches its branches to the sky. At that moment the Master appeared rooted to the floor and His impressive size towered over her like a giant and He began to speak..
I am here for you now and always no matter how far time and space takes us...whether you walk away from me or stay and serve Me I will not turn from you. I am as patient as time itself. I will not take from you unless you give freely and completly but I give unto you regardless...for My love for you is unconditional.
Like the olive tree that can both feed you and shade you,I am here.
Seemingly eternal to your short life on this earth. If you need my fruit to feed your hunger..I will give you all the fruit you need.
If your skin grows dryand loses its luster,the oil from my fruit will restore it and make it glisten,..
When you need my comfort,my leaves will gently caress your face with the slightest breeze..
When you need my disipline,my branches will correct when the wind blows strong..
If you need my shade to protect you from the sun,My branches will shade and protect you.
If you need warmth,my fallen branches will fuel the fire to keep you warm..
You are my gardner..when you submit to me you tend to that which keeps me alive and vibrant..when you kneel underneath Me and til the soil,you give breath to my roots.
When you water Me, my sap flows strong through Me and raises My limp branches..
When you soil yourself collecting fertilizer with your bare hands,you strenghten Me and humble Me with your devotion...
Although My life will go on..Life would not be the same without you..
Your dedication and unconditional love keep Me vibrant and nurtures My very core.
The substenance and protection I give you seems little reward for your servitude..still the gardner serves the tree from her heart and the tree gives to her all that He can...
I am planted firmly on the ground and cannot follow should you walk away from Me..But be asurred I will survive.
One hundred years and two of your lifetimes I will still be here waiting for you in the same spot to offer you all that I am...
Stay with Me and be My gardner, you cannot get lost in Me for we are complimentary to one another. I am your devotion and you give Me meaning to My existence. Apart we live life and survive...together we bloom eternally. As the Master finished His last words..the sub cried herself to sleep at His feet...That night He stood planted there like the Olive Tree offering His unconditional love and devotion as she would to Him the next day and every day thereafter..
