Week 40

The number forty reminds me of the forty years the Hebrews wondered in the desert. It reminds me of the hot scorching sun they had to endure, I imagine.
It's summer here and it's very hot some days. At noon time during summer in the Northeast of Brazil, when you’re outdoors, all you long for is a shade. You want to park your car under a refreshing shade of a leafy tree. You want to wait for someone under a blessed breeze of a tall tree. God’s creations are multifunctional. A tree not only produces fruits and gives wood. It also refreshes you. But you can only learn to appreciate that purpose living under the scorching sun of a desert.

“Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree”
(Genesis 18:4)