Under the Oaks

ScriptureGenesis 18:1 (NRSVUE)

The Lord appeared to Abraham

by the oaks of Mamre,

as he sat at the entrance of his tent

in the heat of the day.

RefrainThe present of our life looks different under trees.

QuoteWendell Berry, from A Timbered Choir

"I go among trees and sit still.

All my stirring becomes quiet

around me like circles on water.

My tasks lie in their places

where I left them, asleep like cattle."