On healing: I think about parts of my life like a pecan tree.

About this sermon

I want to show you something.... This is a little update to my blog post about how new life and healing doesn't always cooperate with the calendar. (Read it here: https://jenhatmaker.com/new-life-doesnt-always-cooperate-with-the-calendar/) Sometimes we are oak trees and sometimes we are pecan trees. Oak trees are among the first out of the gate to come back to life in spring. Pecan trees take their sweet, precious time and are among the very last. Ironically, I have 12 pecan trees in my yard. The center tree of my porch is the absolute slowest of my pecan trees to bloom. But, I have good news. It is March 30 and here she comes. Last to the party, but she’s here. What I've learned is that pecan trees bloom last because they have a self-protective mechanism so they don’t accidentally bloom too soon, because they are waiting for that last weird freeze to run its course. So I think about parts of my life like a pecan tree. Some pieces of our lives are so stripped from a winter season — they are so barren — that our sweet little bodies and souls are just protecting us from any last freezes. We will bloom again, but the hurt was so deep that we need to be sure winter is behind us. #spring #jenhatmaker #healing #trees

Topics

• Healing