#317: Mentoring Moment: Redwood Faith – Standing Tall Together

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many of you have visited the Redwood National Park in northern California. Shelley & I visited that area a few years ago. I remember walking through forests with lush ferns among these gentle giants in all their majesty. Imagine the Creator of those trees!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Redwoods can grow as tall as 400 feet</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-The oldest redwood is thought to be over 3200 years old and is known as the “President”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Some are wide enough for a car to drive through</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Roots only go about 7-8 feet deep but can be spread out over 100 feet</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Redwood roots are intertwined with other redwoods which allows them to remain stable even through strong storms. I see Christian Book Academy like a gentle redwood forest where our roots intertwine with one another.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-A redwood cone can produce 150-250 seeds, each seed being only the size of a tomato seed. That’s about the size of the head of a matchstick</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our books also begin with a seed idea. That seed is then watered by God and it continues to grow into something we could have hardly imagined.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Redwoods are rugged trees. Some have deep grooves in the bark, some have been struck by lightning, some partially burned by fire, some blown over by winds. Kingdom Writers are a rugged breed as we can all attest to. Many of us have been battered by various elements and yet we still stand tall with the Lord’s strength.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the