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DROUGHT SURVIVAL
By Sally I. Kennedy
March 18, 2011

This is what the LORD says…… "blessed is the man who trusts in the
LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by
the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear
when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a
year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." Jeremiah 17:5-8

In our back yard, there is a spot where red and pink Pentas are
planted. These flowers are hardy, and do well in our tropical heat.
They are colorful, and are butterfly attractors as well.

Flash floods occasionally soak the Pentas. These plants are resilient,
however, and after the soggy, drippy leaves dry out, the flowers bloom
brilliantly.

More of a problem than too much water, is too little water. We might
go for days, or weeks with no rain; sometimes with scorching sun
beating down. They can look kind of pitiful, definitely dried up, with
the flowers faded, or gone entirely. Yet these plants always bounce
back. A bit of rain, a little shade, and they are good to go again.

Some plants are created to withstand drought. Are we? In the first
book of songs, in the Bible, this very thing is addressed. The
amplilfied version says it this way: Blessed, happy, fortunate,
prosperous, and enviable is the man who walks and lives not in the
counsel of the ungodly, following their advice, their plans and
purposes, .. but his delight and desire are in the precepts, the
instructions, the teachings of God; he habitually meditates, ponders
and studies by day and by night. And he shall be like a tree firmly
planted and tended by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its
fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and
everything he does shall prosper and come to maturity. (Ps 1:1-3)

We may not be as naturally sturdy as Pentas. Yet if we stay near the
River of God, and are continually soaked and watered in His Word, we
will not only be able to just make it through droughts, we will
flourish in spite of them.

That's good news.

inspirational messages by Sally I. Kennedy
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