![]() ![]() But then the boy stays away an even longer time and the tree is sad. The boy picks the apples and sells them, then he will be happy. ![]() ![]() Why doesn’t the boy pick the apples and sell them then he will be happy. The tree has not money, but she does have apples. ![]() ’Can’t you give me some money?’ he asks the tree. The tree offers her apples and branches, but the boy claims that he is too old to climb and play. The tree is very lonely until one day the boy returns as a young man. As the boy grows older, however, his interest in the tree becomes less. The boy and the tree love each other and are happy in their life together. "The tree gives the little boy her apples to pick and her branches to climb. I would like to reread them:ġ4* And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,ġ5* that whoever believes in him may have eternal life."ġ6 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.ġ7* For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.įrom Shel Silverstein comes the following: This morning I would like to look at just 3 verses in our gospel lesson. Grace and peace to you from our Lord and Saviour Jesus, the Christ. ![]()
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