The Tree and the Thorn
The bible starts with a tree and ends with one, we are inextricably linked to trees, and every part of them. there are special encounters, underneath, by them, reminds of our true home, His garden. In some verses we are trees.
The Dung of Self
"Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,"