A recent speaking trip took me to the American West Coast. The church there asked Aileen to accompany me and to arrive a couple of days early. Kindly, they wanted to give us time and opportunity to venture to the coast and, along the way, spend some time in the redwood forests of Northern California.
Truly, the redwoods were a sight to behold. Though I brought a camera, I found no spot and no angle that could come close to capturing their magnificence. There is something wondrous about gazing at a tree that reaches 20 feet across and towers 350 feet into the sky. There is something humbling about pondering a tree that has stood for centuries or possibly even millennia. Some of these trees predate the founding of America, the printing press, the Middle Ages, and possibly even the life of Jesus Christ. We can’t help but feel low and small by comparison.
As the day continued and we drove toward the coast, I found myself wondering how redwoods can stand for so long. They tend to grow in low-lying areas that are prone to floods, so how do they keep
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