Once Upon A Tree

This picture was taken by Anna Kuebler

 on the trail to Franconia Ridge, New Hampshire.

The cartoon effect was created at Cartoon.Pho.to.

ONCE upon a minute.....

Some trees having were a conversation. One of the trees said he wanted to lose his leaves earlier than usual. He longed for rest. It was mid summer and he had been growing since early Spring. Winter would bring a time of frozen stillness. He reasoned that life would be easier if his branches wouldn't have to hold so many leaves.

He said to his fellow forest friends: "I'm going to fore-go Fall and slip right into a Winter sleep. I'll see you in the Spring." The tree shed it's leaves and appeared leafless in the midst of his friends foliage. Sadly the other trees just waved goodbye and turned to enjoy the cool breeze of a spectacular Summer.

The Heart Farmer and his daughter Beauty were strolling in the beautiful wood one day. The afternoon sun hot and they decided to find some shade and rest. While standing under the tree that had already gone to a Winter state. "Beauty looked up and said to her Dad: "Daddy, I think this tree is dead. All it's leaves are gone and it's only mid Summer." The Heart Farmer nodded and replied: "I think you might be right darlin', maybe we should cut it down and plant some new seedlings for the future." The two went on to find shade under another beautifully leafed tree with an immeasurable amount of shade.

After they left, the trees tried waking their friend from his Winter rest. It was useless. Trees are frozen and catatonic in the Winter and unresponsive. They shook their branches and rattled their roots, all to no avail, they heard not a sound from his bark. Eventually some loggers came and cut the tree down. The tree had been needed for shade but its decision to shut down and take a rest was a bad one. For every tree there is timing. For everything there is a season. The future may fail when forced into the present.

Habakkuk 2:3 King James Version
 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Ecclesiastes 3 King James Version
 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

 Matthew 21:19-21Amplified Bible
19 And as He saw [a]one single leafy fig tree [b]above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it [[c]seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once.

20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled greatly and asked, How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once?

21 And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a [d]firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done.