The prolific writer and Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, wrote in New Seeds of Contemplation: “A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying God. […] This particular tree will give glory to God by spreading out its roots in the earth and raising its branches into the air and the light in a way that no other tree before or after it ever did or will do.”

Like the tree, you honor God by being willing to be the person that God made you to be.

As you grow closer to God, you will become more and more uniquely you. And you will also be more effective in the world.

By Jane Hartwell from D365