{"id":6080,"date":"2020-01-02T12:15:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T11:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2020-01-02T12:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T11:15:18","slug":"thankful-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2020\/01\/02\/thankful-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/blog-strangler-fig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6069\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/blog-strangler-fig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/blog-strangler-fig.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/12\/blog-strangler-fig-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A strangler fig was trying to take over a lovely jacaranda tree on the farm, and Zweli chopped into it to begin the tedious process of removing it.\u00a0 I guess he got distracted by other projects, and just a few days later the fig was sending out roots to recover its position around the tree.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing each of you can think of many parallels to this situation in your own lives, something or someone hanging on tenaciously, even after severe treatment, maybe good, maybe evil&#8230;\u00a0 \u00a0I just want to thank God for his creation; 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