The jointed stem of bamboo is called a culm. The joints are called nodes and each culm segment begins and ends with a node. Internode is the name for the segment between the nodes.

KAITAIA: Bamboo is not difficult to find in Kaitaia.

When I am looking at the joints, the nodes of bamboo, I am thinking about The Quiet Time of the true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Each new segment – internode – of our life begins and ends with a node, a joint.

Christians who guard The Quiet Time well, do well, and Christians who do not guard The Quiet Time well, don’t do well.

When I am looking at the joints, nodes of bamboo, I am also thinking of times in our life, when we collect all the loose ends of our life and systematize them.

A ring binder is ideal for systematization and updating.

Whenever I see bamboo, and I can see bamboo when I am looking through our living room window, I am reminded of what bamboo is teaching.