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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. 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
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...
Lisa Livezey
May 11, 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...
Lisa Livezey
May 4, 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....
Lisa Livezey
Apr 27, 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...
Lisa Livezey
Apr 20, 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...
Lisa Livezey
Apr 13, 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...
Lisa Livezey
Apr 6, 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...
Lisa Livezey
Mar 30, 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...
Lisa Livezey
Mar 23, 20231 min read
Is that a Green Beer?
He put on righteousness as a breastplate. – Isaiah 59:17 RSV What’s that in St. Patrick’s hand, a green beer?? Ohhh, nevermind. It’s the...
Lisa Livezey
Mar 16, 20231 min read
Half Truth, Whole Lie
Half truth: “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and...
Lisa Livezey
Mar 9, 20231 min read
The Golden Door
Behold! I stand at the door and knock. Rev. 3:20 RSV The words blazed out through the stained glass as I sat in the empty church. When I...
Lisa Livezey
Mar 2, 20231 min read
The Back Forty
The flood continued forty days. Forty stripes may be given him, but not more. I have led you forty years in the wilderness. So the land...
Lisa Livezey
Feb 23, 20231 min read
Living Color
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong. - I Corinthians...
Lisa Livezey
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Honing Hope
Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. - Romans 5:3-4 [RSV] Wandering within in a...
Lisa Livezey
Feb 9, 20231 min read
Not Distraught
Man is a thing of naught; his time passeth away like a shadow. - Psalm 144:4 (PBV) I am but naught Yet, You I have sought. In death, You...
Lisa Livezey
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Scattered Matter
So that they may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is no one besides me. - Isaiah 45:6 (RSV) The...
Lisa Livezey
Jan 26, 20231 min read
Actually Awesome
They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!” ~ Mark 2:12 (RSV) The word "awesome" has fallen into...
Lisa Livezey
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Dusty Light
We are dust. ~ Psalm 103:14 (NRSV) The scriptures speak of our condition as being merely dust. Beginning as dust, ending as dust,...
Lisa Livezey
Jan 12, 20231 min read
A Bit Broken
And there arose a sharp contention. - Acts 15:39 (RSV) Church life can seem unclear sometimes as we respond to situations from our...
Lisa Livezey
Jan 5, 20231 min read
A Stone Sings
To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out. - Luke 19:40 (DRB) The holiness of Christ...
Lisa Livezey
Dec 29, 20221 min read
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