Comments on: Deep Roots. Wide Branches. http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/deep-roots-wide-branches/ Like a tree planted by the streams of living water Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jokzy http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/deep-roots-wide-branches/#comment-150 jokzy Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:18:37 +0000 http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-150 OMG I love this song! Justin Rizzo right? OMG I love this song!
Justin Rizzo right?

]]> By: creation is in waiting http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/deep-roots-wide-branches/#comment-91 creation is in waiting Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:45:55 +0000 http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-91 That song is so incredibly powerful. Simple, like you said, but so powerful. That song is so incredibly powerful. Simple, like you said, but so powerful.

]]> By: Mel http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/deep-roots-wide-branches/#comment-53 Mel Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:04:57 +0000 http://erinsatterlee.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-53 Hey there Erin! Im finally entering the blogging scene after however many years its been popular hah. I'm psyched. I just wanted to elaborate on your point about the importance of having deep roots in everything we do, especially when we're in transition mode. I can totally connect with what you're saying, as I am also going through new phases of my life. I think pretty much everybody can relate to the whole search for identity. We can be influenced so strongly by other people's thoughts and opinions of who we are and what we should be concerned about. The media screams this attitude of "gimme more" and shallowness, while perfect bodies and sex ooze out of the TV. It's all around us. Is this what we're supposed to follow? Even the "American Dream" is based off of personal gain and acquiring material wealth. GOOD NEWS. As Christians we are not defined by societal things like magazines, horoscopes, or Perez Hilton; but by Jesus Christ. We are images of Him. We are facilitators of truth.We are made perfect in HIM. And I'm pretty sure that no plastic surgeon or make up ad can quite make that claim. In times of change we are re-shaping and re-evaluating ourselves. It is at this point when we feel most vulnerable and susceptible to the lies and shortcomings in which this world has been trapped. It is SO important to be rooted in His word so we don't fall victim to the deceits of society. Only when we ourselves are centered in God's word can we spread our branches to reach out to other people. Only when we recognize Christ as the bedrock of our lives will we be unshakable. "I wanna be unmovable and unshakable So let my roots grow down deep Unmovable and unshakable in You" p.s. whoa it wasn't my intention to by preachy or to write an essay-I may have been a bit overenthusiastic about this comment thing :P Hey there Erin! Im finally entering the blogging scene after however many years its been popular hah. I’m psyched.
I just wanted to elaborate on your point about the importance of having deep roots in everything we do, especially when we’re in transition mode. I can totally connect with what you’re saying, as I am also going through new phases of my life.

I think pretty much everybody can relate to the whole search for identity. We can be influenced so strongly by other people’s thoughts and opinions of who we are and what we should be concerned about. The media screams this attitude of “gimme more” and shallowness, while perfect bodies and sex ooze out of the TV. It’s all around us. Is this what we’re supposed to follow? Even the “American Dream” is based off of personal gain and acquiring material wealth.
GOOD NEWS. As Christians we are not defined by societal things like magazines, horoscopes, or Perez Hilton; but by Jesus Christ. We are images of Him. We are facilitators of truth.We are made perfect in HIM. And I’m pretty sure that no plastic surgeon or make up ad can quite make that claim.
In times of change we are re-shaping and re-evaluating ourselves. It is at this point when we feel most vulnerable and susceptible to the lies and shortcomings in which this world has been trapped.

It is SO important to be rooted in His word so we don’t fall victim to the deceits of society. Only when we ourselves are centered in God’s word can we spread our branches to reach out to other people. Only when we recognize Christ as the bedrock of our lives will we be unshakable.

“I wanna be unmovable and unshakable
So let my roots grow down deep
Unmovable and unshakable in You”

p.s. whoa it wasn’t my intention to by preachy or to write an essay-I may have been a bit overenthusiastic about this comment thing :P

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