“Suitable for all ages, the book skillfully integrates three elements: scripture, story, and illustration. A forlorn tree with little fruit to show laments its existence. A kind man comes along and gives the tree hope to abide until something special comes along, revealing its purpose. This book will encourage believers of all ages. Read “The Abiding Tree” and place it on your coffee table so your guests can enjoy it too!”
— Christian Book Awards
For the one beside the bed.
When someone we love is in a hard season, the casseroles and the cards go to them. Rightly so. But standing just behind them is a spouse, an adult child, a friend who has been carrying the load for months and is drained. Nobody asks how that person is doing. They are the support, and support is not supposed to need anything.
63M
Sixty-three million Americans are caring for an adult or a child with a health condition. Nearly one in four adults.
AARP / National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the U.S. 2025
“Someone in the depths of grief or in the middle of treatment may not be ready for this book. The one holding them up almost certainly is. I wrote it for the person who has decided, quietly, that their own weariness can wait.”
— Michael Weissman
What's inside for this reader
The Abiding Tree is a deeply emotional journey hidden inside a short story. It cuts to the heart of the real issue: depletion. All along the way, the reader will find topics that we all are challenged by, including comparison to others, needing to wait, and continuing even though it is hard. A short excerpt:
“Do not try. Or strive. Simply abide in Me, for I have come to bring you rest.”
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. — Ezekiel 36:26
How to give it
One way to make the gift even more impactful is to add a little verse or two on the cover page. It will make the book more special. Here are some great verses you might consider.
Cast your burden on Yahweh and He will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22 (WEB)
Even to old age I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
Isaiah 46:4 (WEB)
Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9 (WEB)
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28 (WEB)
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