But those who look into the perfect law...doers who actthey will be blessed in their doing. (James 1:25)
A stranger knocked on the back door about fifty years ago. Introducing himself, he asked if he could use our hose and our water to irrigate a tree which he had planted in the FPC nursery school yard next to our house. "It won't take much water," said he, "but I will come over twice a day and water it until I am sure the tree has a good start."
And so it happened. That young spindly maple is now about fifty feet high, housing birds, squirrels and other wildlife. It also sheds large piles of bright yellow leaves on our driveway every autumn.
It is a beautiful tree, a tribute to the man who told me many times how much trees meant to him, how much they reminded him of his boyhood in Sweden.
We call it the Seaholm Maple, and I thank him whenever I look at the tree.
God of all goodness, grant us to desire ardently, to seek wisely, to know surely, and to accomplish perfectly your holy will, for the glory of your name. (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Carol Held
Note: Seaholm Maple refers to Ernest W. Seaholm High School in Birmingham, known as the "Maples." Mr. Seaholm was an active member of First Presbyterian Church serving as an Elder and as Chairman of the Building Committee for our West Maple building.
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