Sunday was the last of the numerous performances this week. And even though the history teacher in me loved the theme for the EMES Spring Program and it was super cool for the girls to be part of a high school musical, I think "The Tale of the Three Trees" was my favorite of all of the events.
It tells the story of three trees who have great dreams and aspirations. One wants to be a beautiful chest with a silver lock that holds precious treasure for a wealthy lord. One wants to become the mast of a ship that heads a mighty fleet for a king. And one wants to grow straight and tall with branches pointing to heaven.
In turn, each tree is chopped down and made into its own unique purpose.
The first tree becomes not a beautiful chest for treasure but a manger that holds the baby Jesus.
The second tree becomes a bench on a fishing boat, a bench that holds the sleeping master while the storm rages all around.
And the third tree, the third tree is flawed and is discarded as scrap in the lumber yard until found by soldiers and planted high on a hill where Jesus is to be crucified.
The musical carries a powerful message with beautiful music. It ends with this refrain:
A Prayer for Tomorrow
Dreams, we all have dreams,
What we can be, what we can do.
Lord, with all we are,
We pray that our dreams will lead us,
Will lead us to you.
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