My blogger buddy, Rainer Bantau tagged me “it” again in a recent post about his visit to the Oklahoma City Memorial. Our back-and-forth collaborative project started with a meet up in early October–when he was in OKC for a conference.
Over lunch, we both hatched a plan to pick a theme and continue the conversation–from one blog to the other.
So, here are my thoughts and experiences surrounding the OKC memorial.
Survivor Tree
The survivor tree is an American Elm that is approximately 100 years old. It used to be behind someone’s house–back in the day–and then it became the lone tree in a parking lot across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building.
On April 19, 1995, it was almost destroyed in a domestic terrorist bombing. Most of its leaves were blown off and many branches were shattered. The FBI wanted to cut it down to collect bombing shrapnel, embedded in the tree, as evidence. Furthermore, cleanup of the area seemed to necessitate its removal.
Thankfully, the decision was made that the badly damaged tree, which was somehow still alive, would be saved as a part of a future memorial.
And so it was…
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Hebrews 10:36 (NIV)
Kind reader, I don’t know all that you face in your life–at this very moment, but it’s most likely too soon to quit. If God called you to it, He will see you through it.
Don’t stop believing!
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.Isaiah 61:3 (NKJV)
Thank you for reading. 🙏❤️ prayers and love.
Davids Daily Dose 
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