These are magnificent trees…
Here is a little history from Wikipedia.org:
Once Lebanon was shaded by thick cedar forests, so it is no coincidence that the tree is the symbol of the country. After centuries of persistent deforestation, the extent of these forest has been markedly reduced. The trees survive in mountainous areas, where they are the dominant tree species. This is the case of the slopes of Mount Makmel that tower over the Kadisha Valley where the Cedars of God are found at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). Four of them have reached a height of 35 metres (115 ft). and their trunks are 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) around.[1]
Concern for the Biblical Cedars of God goes back to 1876 when the 102-hectare (250-acre) grove was surrounded by a high stone wall, which was paid for by Queen Victoria. The wall protects saplings from goats.[1]
They can grow to be huge trees that reach all the way up to heaven! Trunks 39 feet around! These are wonderful demonstrations of what God’s kingdom will be like, magnificent, wonderful and big! Something that commands our attention! Even in their old age they still produce fruit and sap. They are always doing what they need to be doing.
Are you rooted in the Lord and growing ever deeper in His love? Stay in Him and you will produce fruit through out all of your life and point people to God, just like the cedars!
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