Straight Up

There’s a forest in the small town of Gryfino (northwestern Poland) that’s not your typical forest. There are about 400 pine trees that have all been uniformly deformed into a shape resembling the letter “J.”

Weird, huh?
These trees are bent by about 90 degrees at the start of their trunk, and then slowly grow upward some 50 feet, creating a curve that can be nearly 10 feet long in some cases.

The effect is so stunning that the forest earned the nickname Krzywy Las, or “Crooked Forest,” and has become a significant tourist attraction.

But here’s the REALLY weird part: No one is exactly sure why the trees are growing like this in the first place.

Estimates show that these crooked pines were likely planted sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s, but no records show who planted them. Some guess that a bizarre snowstorm somehow deformed the trees.

But others think their odd shape was created by human hands. This theory argues that local foresters interrupted the trees’ growth when the plants were between 7 to 10 years old, forcing them to bend so that furniture and boats could be fashioned out of their unique shape.

No one knows for sure.

But here’s something we DO know for sure:
God has promised to make the crooked things in our lives straight.

“I will go before you and make the crooked places straight.”
(Isaiah 45:2 NKJV)

Aren’t you grateful for a Savior who can straighten out the crooked places?

“ . . . in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your
paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:6 NIV)

You are loved!
Susie