March '25 Letter
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“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8
“How deep are your roots”?
Dear Friends,
Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ; our Lord and Saviour.
Welcome to March 2025.
In February, the ministers from Northwest District and I went for a retreat at Rydal Hall, Cumbria. As a few of us arrived a bit earlier, we decided to go for a walk at waterfalls, in Ambleside. While walking we saw a very tall fallen tree on the ground. We wondered how this tree managed to grow so tall, but when the strong wind came, this tree fell on the ground because its roots weren’t deep, and they were disconnected from the life-giving soil and water. My friend asked me a very challenging questions which I will continue to reflect on for a long time and I would like to share them with you:
Where are you placing your roots? How deep are they? While I was still thinking about what to answer her, she continued: do you think sometimes we place our roots in human’s superficial values, expectations, achievements, and pursuits of the world’s success and surface things that will pass away? Or should our roots be deepened in God’s word, nurturing, shaping and transforming us, so that we can live out the values of God’s Kingdom?
When our roots are based in the Lord and His Word, we grow deeper in faith and trust in Him for and in everything we are and have, grounded in His love and guidance. Like the tree planted by the water, our roots are nourished by His presence, so they stay firm and unshaken, even in stormy and difficult times of our daily lives.
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” Ephesians 3:16-19 '
May the Holy Spirit of the Living God help and guide us in our mission of making the disciples and spending time with them through the servanthood ministry.'
Yours in His service,
Deacon Marcianne Uwimana.