God's Word is a secret for a better life. We need to meditate on it day and night. And for sure ourlives will become more useful and meaningful in our daily living. This is my personal daily devotion that I will share to everyone for impartation of...
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.
Psalms 52:8 NKJV
God's Word
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The olive tree, Olea europaea, is an evergreen tree or shrub native to the Mediterranean, Asia, and Africa. It is short and squat, and rarely exceeds 8-15 m (26-49 ft) in height. 'Pisciottana', a unique variety comprising 40,000 trees found only in the area around Pisciottain the Campania region of southern Italyoften exceeds this, with correspondingly large trunk diameters. The silvery green leaves are oblong, measuring 4-10 cm (1.6-3.9 in) long and 1-3 cm (0.39-1.18 in) wide. The trunk is typically gnarled and twisted.[11]
The small, white, feathery flowers, with ten-cleft calyx and corolla, two stamens, and bifid stigma, are borne generally on the previous year's wood, in racemesspringing from the axils of the leaves.
The fruit is a small drupe 1-2.5 cm (0.39-0.98 in) long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars. Olives are harvested in the green to purple stage.[12] Canned black olives have often been artificially blackened[13] (see below on processing) and may contain the chemical ferrous gluconate to improve the appearance.[14]Olea europaea contains a seed commonly referred to in American English as a pit or a rock, and in British English as a stone.[15]
Olive oil has long been considered sacred. The olive branch was often a symbol of abundance, glory, and peace. The leafy branches of the olive tree were ritually offered to deities and powerful figures as emblems of benediction and purification, and they were used to crown the victors of friendly games and bloody wars. Today, olive oil is still used in many religious ceremonies. Over the years, the olive has also been used to symbolize wisdom, fertility, power, and purity. (Source: Wikipedia) Olive tree is one of the symbolic plants in the Bible. It had been used many times. Olive tree is sacred and can give benefits to humans. As Christians, we must be sacred and be beneficial to everyone by doing a good example to them. Let us stay in God's presence and trust Him at all times. For sure we shall be like an olive tree that is usable at many ages until now. Let the Lord sanctify us and use us mightily.
