Daily Inspiration

Jesus said to his disciples: “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed.”—Luke 6:43-49

The root of the tree and the foundation of the house determine the sweetness of the fruit and the strength of the structure. A good test to determine your own root and foundation is how you perceive what lies before you.

Each life has a long line of crosses leading down the road. One sees either a gauntlet of misery leading to a wretched end or a divine gift, a handrail leading us on the path to the Kingdom.

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