I have been praying under an oak tree recently. As it is Autumn acorns have been falling off all around me. The floor is covered in acorns. There are thousands of them scattered all around.
The oak tree is not a fine specimen; it is a bit manky really. Despite several rotting branches that are about to fall off it is clearly fruitful. It will only take one of the acorns to sprout and grow into a new tree and this oak tree will have reproduced itself.
I had a look around today to see if there were any saplings nearby which may have come from this tree. There were five, but one is too close to the mother tree and isn't getting enough light. It is a scrawny thing. It doesn't have enough leaves and bugs are already eating away at it. Some of its brothers and sisters though are doing better. I'm sure at least one of these will make it to maturity.
And who knows what may come of this year's acorn crop.
Those who have ears to hear, let them hear.
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