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Devotions from the Olive Grove
Welcome to the home of the enhanced Olive Tree Blog with weekly devotions featuring an original picture (taken by yours truly or a friend) plus an accompanying reflection incorporating the peaceful Visio Divina experience.
Olive trees symbolize peace, wisdom, and endurance. Be blessed.
"But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; my trust is in the tender mercy of God forever and ever." —Psalm 52:9


A Divine Dawn
The daybreak from on high will visit us to shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow, to guide our feet into the path of...

Lisa Livezey
Dec 22, 20221 min read


A Single Listener
We are the people he shepherds, the sheep in his hands. Oh, that today you would hear his voice. – Psalm 95:7 (NAB) So many sheep. And...

Lisa Livezey
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Under His Wing
You sift through my travels and my rest; with all my ways you are familiar. – Psalm 139:3 (NAB) No matter my location – land, sea, sky –...

Lisa Livezey
Dec 8, 20221 min read


A Bypassed Gate
Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. – Matthew 7:3 DRB Lord, help me to notice the beautiful, perhaps discreet gate that you have opened for me and keep me in Your Way. Amen.

Lisa Livezey
Dec 1, 20221 min read


Thanks Anew
O sing unto the Lord a new song, sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. - Psalm 96:1 (RSV) Wash us anew in the water of a grateful...

Lisa Livezey
Nov 24, 20221 min read


The "Tion-ing"
I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord my God. – Ezra 9:5 (DRA) Are you feeling “shunned” by another person? Are you...

Lisa Livezey
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Wasp Happened?
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. – Psalm 30:5 The imposters took up residence. When the seasons changed, they left, but evidence of their presence remains. View it as part of your own unique story. Lord, you allowed this to happen. Help me to accept Your story in my life and to use what I’ve learned to glorify You.

Lisa Livezey
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Rock and a Hard Place
Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left... He will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace. —Proverbs 4:27 DRB (photo credit: S. Olmstead) Feeling between a rock and a hard place? Wondering how you got here? God's plans extend beautifully beyond the borders of one's mind. Ask Him to show you a way forward in peace. Lord, help me to see the beauty in this moment. Grant me the grace to trust you for the future.

Lisa Livezey
Nov 3, 20221 min read


6:14 a.m.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. - Genesis 1:5 (RSV) Sitting in the cockpit of a sailboat anchored in a quiet...

Lisa Livezey
Oct 27, 20221 min read


Lifetime Guarantee
God gives a lifetime guarantee that things will go wrong.

Lisa Livezey
Oct 4, 20221 min read


Apropos Acorn
"The point is this...he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." - 2 Corinthians 9:6

Lisa Livezey
Sep 25, 20221 min read


Come, My Light
"Come, my Light, and illumine my darkness. Come, my Life, and revive me from death."

Lisa Livezey
Sep 15, 20221 min read


Refiner's Fire
"It must be burnt with fire." - Leviticus 13:57. "Behold, I make all things new." - Revelation 21:5.

Lisa Livezey
Aug 31, 20221 min read


Pipe Up!
"The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created." - Ezekiel 28:13 (NKJV)

Lisa Livezey
Aug 1, 20221 min read


He's A Creep
"And God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind...creeping things'...And it was so." - Genesis 1:24

Lisa Livezey
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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