...and behold,

the staff of Aaron

   for the house of Levi

had sprouted

and put forth buds

and produced almonds.

           Numbers 17. 8

(Faithfulness always

    produces fruitfulness

in incredible ways

to point others not to ourselves

            but to God.

It is not just what we do,

but what God does

             through us,

sometimes in ways

we never comprehend

                      or see.

The fruit may come

       beyond our lifetimes,

but it always comes.)

O LORD,

Even when we cannot see it,

bring Your fruitfulness

to what we are doing

             in Your name.

Please sprout

even the dead sticks

             in our lives,

wherever we are,

whatever our struggles,

no matter what.

    For Your glory alone.