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Cheryl and dad and I had a great conversation the other day. It went in a couple of directions, but one of them was around that tree from psalm 1 that we read about last Sunday. We talked about how producing fruit is not a labor or work for a tree. It’s just the product of being a tree. That’s why the psalmist compares a follower of God to a fruit tree, we decided. See, when you’re connected to God through Jesus so much happens. It’s not work…it’s just the product of being his kid. God’s kids have love, peace, joy, etc. They just do. This is huge for when we find ourselves without these things. It means we don’t have to work for them. We reconnect with Jesus: remember and relive the story. More on that Sunday, but until then check out this paragraph Cheryl found: