Trees: The Cedar

He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.
Leviticus 14:6

he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent."
2 Samuel 7:2

In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and pine logs he wanted, and Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand cors of wheat as food for his household, in addition to twenty thousand baths, of pressed olive oil. Solomon continued to do this for Hiram year after year.
1 Kings 5:10

The inside of the temple was cedar, carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; no stone was to be seen.
1 Kings 6:18

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him.
1 Chronicles 14:1

Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.
Job 40:15 and 17

The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
Psalms 92:12

What shall we do for our sister for the day she is spoken for? If she is a wall, we will build towers of silver on her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar. 
Songs of Songs 8:8b and 9

You who live in 'Lebanon,' who are nestled in cedar buildings,
Jeremiah 22:23a

They made all your timbers of pine trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
Ezekiel 27:5

Wail, O pine tree, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!
Zechariah 11:2



Cedars can live to be 2,000 years old! I think it's easy to see that God uses these trees to represent strength and might. And God is even strong than his cedars


The Acacia
The Cedar
The Palm
The Fig
The Olive

Valentine's Day Special Part 2

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
1 Corinthian 13:4-8


Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
Psalm 63:3


Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
Songs of Songs 8:6


Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:10


This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1 John 3:16


Happy Valentines day!

And this is love:

Happy valentines day! as we prepare for valentines day on Feb 14, I want to give you some good verses about true love.


And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
2john 1:6

This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.

1john 5:2

We love because he first loved us.
1john 4:19

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1john 4:8

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
1john 3:18

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
1john 3:16

love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1Peter 4:8

The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1timothy 1:5 

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
1thessalonians 3:5 

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud

 1Corinthians 13:4

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9 

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life

Isaiah 43:4 

Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. 
Songs of Songs 8:7 

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:5 

Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
Psalm 6:4


Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34

Love the LORD your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always.

Deuteronomy 11:1

Jacob was in love with Rachel and said, "I'll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel."
Genesis 29:18

Again, happy valentines day, and I hope that wasn't to long...