"For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit." -Jeremiah 17:8 (NKJV)
Near my house stand very tall spruce trees. These trees have many branches, and the sum of their weight must be incredibly heavy.
One evening, as I observed the trees, I marveled. I thought, "To hold all those heavy branches, those tree trunks must be very strong."
On another evening, it was storming very hard. I again thought, "Those...