The Question that is Always asked........why??

No matter what you do there is always the question of "why".  I would believe that it is safe to assume that no matter what action you may have taken, someone along the line has asked you why.


So to begin......why the name "The Denial of Dormancy"??


Unfortunately for you, it is not answered in a short response.  However, for me that is a great thing.  Seeing that I want to write :D


To begin, my life verse for now (I say "for now" because I am always finding a new Scripture verse that I seem to ABSOLUTELY love over the previous one) is Isaiah 61:3.  The latter part of this verse states...

"They will be called oaks of righteousness, 

   a planting of the LORD 

   for the display of His splendor."

With this being said, my sole purpose for living on this earth is to be an "oak of righteouness...on display for His splendor/glory".  I can't express how the Lord has made this verse real to me; how He made these words jumps off the page and begin a thought process that has revolutionized my approach to living for Him.  I have yet to read it but I assume that my thought process is that which is mentioned in the book "Think" by John Piper.  To ask yourself in every circumstance, "Is this something that I'm doing to glorify God"? Or maybe something along these lines, "Is this something that will point every other person I come in contact with to the Cross of Jesus Christ?"

Now knowing that this is my life verse and this verse calls/exhorts/insists I be this oak of righteousness, my nerd side of Brandon kicks in.  In the life cycle of a tree a certain process called DORMANCY occurs. The world wide web defines this process in many ways and here is just a few...

*A biological process in which a plant ceases most growth activities and simply maintains existing tissue.

*Period of rest exhibited by no growth or flowering. Dormancy usually takes place during colder periods.

*Non-growing condition of a plant, caused by internal factors (as in endodormancy) or environmental factors (as in ectodormancy).

*Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity is temporarily stopped

((or my favorite because it is plain and simple))

*Inactive, asleep, suspended

Therefore, knowing that plants can enter into a state or dormancy, or basically stagnation, it is plain to see the connection I make.  As an "oak of righteousness" (which an oak is a tree, hope we got that by now) I myself could also fall into this state of "inactiveness, being asleep, or being suspended in my walk with the Lord".  My prayer is that this never happens!!  I prayer that I never enter a state of dormancy, that my fervere and passion for the Lord is a flame that is continuously burning in a rage.  I submit that even a flicker is evidence of a passion that has been lost.  I want nothing less than the most, my all, to be given to the Lord.

Therefore, the answer to "why this name" is that which is written above.  It is my life goal to active pursue "The Denial of Dormancy".

By Grace and In Love,

Brandon