The Bible sometimes compares us to plants.

Nancy De Maswalgmouth wonders,

where are we rooted?

Where you are planted now

determines how you fare and whether you thrive and flourish over the long haul.

If you are planted in his presence, among his people, you will flourish in this life and all the way to the end through

all eternity.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy Demas Welkimer, author of A Place of Quiet Rest.

For December 7th, 2023, I'm Dana Gresch. crash.

In August of 23, a series of wildfires swept through the state of Hawaii,

a series of wildfires swept through the state of Hawaii, causing some $6 billion in damages.

You remember perhaps hearing about the historic town of Lahaina with a population of just about 12,000 people.

It's located on the northwest coast of Maui.

This town was particularly hard hit

causing the loss of at least 98 lives, 98 people who perished in that fire in that town.

2,200 buildings were destroyed in that town, most of them homes,

and much of the town was reduced to ashes.

There was a lot about it in the news while it was taking place,

but about a month later I read an interesting story that captured my attention. It talked about a massive Banyon tree

in the center of this town of Lahaina. It was a 150-year-old tree. The tree was called the heartbeat of the town. It sustained major

damage from the fire and after the fires were put out the community rallied together to try to save the tree.

Volunteers poured thousands of gallons of water on the tree's roots, and they were

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