Deeply Rooted

Guest speaker Brandon Tolle brought us this week's message. Jeremiah 17:5-10 (NRSV) Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in mere mortals     and make mere flesh their strength,     whose hearts turn away from the Lord. 6 They shall be like a shrub in the desert,     and shall not see when relief comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness,     in an uninhabited salt land. 7 Blessed are those who trust in the Lord,     whose trust is the Lord. 8 They shall be like a tree planted by water,     sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes,     and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious,     and it does not cease to bear fruit. 9 The heart is devious above all else;     it is perverse—     who can understand it? 10 I the Lord test the mind     and search the heart, to give to all according to their ways,     according to the fruit of their doings.