{"id":215,"date":"2011-02-12T18:12:22","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T17:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=215"},"modified":"2011-02-12T18:12:22","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T17:12:22","slug":"i-am-a-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2011\/02\/12\/i-am-a-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"I AM A PLANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">This past week the RFIS Middle School students and staff learned about being plants at our retreat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_219\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/Christi-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219 \" title=\"Christi small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/Christi-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our speaker teaching us to rap about becoming plants<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_216\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/Rooted-plant-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216 \" title=\"Rooted plant small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/Rooted-plant-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Find the important parts on this plant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The theme verse was\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>A planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>from\u00a0 Isaiah 61:3\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We learned about\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/roots-and-stem-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217 \" title=\"roots and stem small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/roots-and-stem-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">roots, stems and leaves<\/p><\/div>\n<p>ROOTS =<em> FAITH<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We need our faith to well grounded in who God is and to learn to use the soil of life we have given.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>STEM = <em>HOPE<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just as stems push up and grow towards the life, we need to find our hope in the Lord and grow upward\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_218\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/Fruit-flower-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"size-full wp-image-218 \" title=\"Fruit flower small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2011\/02\/Fruit-flower-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers and fruits<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LEAVES = <em>GRACE<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just as a leaves are extended to get the sun to provide nourishment for the whole plant so we can extend grace to those around us and allow them to grow in their faith.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FRUIT = <em>LOVE<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>Plants that are well rooted, growing well and producing food will have flowers and fruit.\u00a0 And so will we if\u00a0are grounded by our faith, growing upward with hope, \u00a0spreading grace to those around\u00a0us<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; 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