2026-09-13 Living Between the Trees by The Rev Susan Thomas

This is the message from The Rev. Susan Thomas to Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI.

SCRIPTURE LESSONS: Genesis 1:4, 7-9 & Revelation 22:1-5

Genesis 1:4

4 God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:7-9

7 God made the dome and separated the waters under the dome from the waters above the dome. And it happened in that way. 8 God named the dome Sky.

There was evening and there was morning: the second day.

9 God said, “Let the waters under the sky come together into one place so that the dry land can appear.” And that’s what happened.

Revelation 22:1-5

22 Then the angel showed me the river of life-giving water, shining like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb 2 through the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life, which produces twelve crops of fruit, bearing its fruit each month. The tree’s leaves are for the healing of the nations. 3 There will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 Night will be no more. They won’t need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will rule forever and always.