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Olive Tree Blog
Welcome to the home of the 1-minute devotion featuring an original photo (taken by yours truly or a friend) plus a scripture, prayer, quote, and thought. Average reading time - 45 seconds! 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


Lisa Livezey
Aug 3, 20231 min read
Prism Perspective
I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me. - Psalm 121:1 (DRB) Does everything feel unfinished both...
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Lisa Livezey
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Contentment, not Resentment
Be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.” - Hebrews 13:5 (RSV) A Cadillac, yes, but the...
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Lisa Livezey
Jul 20, 20231 min read
Grounded
Trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. - Psalm 1:3 (NRSV) Standing...
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Lisa Livezey
Jul 13, 20231 min read
Shining Light
So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. – Matthew 5:16 (DRB) Her...
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Lisa Livezey
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Shoe-be-who?
Jesus said, "Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." - Matthew 19:14...
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Lisa Livezey
Jun 29, 20231 min read
A Momentous Perspective
See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth. - Isaiah 43:19 NAB We are wowed by the spectacular shower of color that bursts forth...
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Lisa Livezey
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Heaven Scent
Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. - 2 Corinthians 2:14 (RSV) We...
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Lisa Livezey
Jun 15, 20231 min read
Attitude of Gratitude
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father. - Ephesians 5:20 GNT Practicing gratitude in...
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Lisa Livezey
Jun 8, 20231 min read
Googol of a Gaggle
Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. – Psalm 127:3 DRB Large families experience a...
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Lisa Livezey
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Life's a Journey
Now it is transplanted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. -Ezekiel 19:13 RSV Perhaps we thought we'd be riding the waves by...
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Lisa Livezey
May 25, 20231 min read
Son Dial
Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for in thee have I hoped. Make the way known to me, wherein I should walk: for I have lifted...
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Lisa Livezey
May 18, 20231 min read
Feeling Wooden
Struck down, but not destroyed. - 2 Corinthians 4:9 (NAB) Feeling cut down, like your best days are over? Afraid you're being put out to...
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Lisa Livezey
May 11, 20231 min read
Fertile yet Fallow?
Break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain salvation upon you. -Hosea 10:12 (RSV) It is...
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Lisa Livezey
May 4, 20231 min read
Mysteria
But, as it is written: That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath...
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Lisa Livezey
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Flying Solo
And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him....
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Lisa Livezey
Apr 20, 20231 min read
A Gardener in Heaven
But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city...
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Lisa Livezey
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Rolling Stone
And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it was very great. Mark 16:4 (DRA) Is a seemingly impossible situation facing you this...
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Lisa Livezey
Apr 6, 20231 min read
Borne Naked
They stripped him. - Matthew 27:31 NAB German pastor, theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer entered into the sufferings of Christ in...
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Lisa Livezey
Mar 30, 20231 min read
Tree Hugger
I have been put to death with Christ on his cross, so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I...
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Lisa Livezey
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Side Thoughts
He showed them his hands and his side. - John 20:20 RSV Just as there are various sides to each of us, our Lord Jesus displayed...
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