Blessed is the man

   who trusts in the LORD,

whose trust is the LORD.

He is like a tree planted by water,

that sends out its roots

                 by the stream,

and does not fear when heat comes,

for its leaves remain green,

and is not anxious

            in the year of drought,

for it does not cease

             to bear fruit.

                Jeremiah 17. 7-8

(God does not promise

      that life will not be hard,

but that He is with us.

Our lives are not dependent

       on favorable circumstances,

     nor crushed by the difficult.

But when we trust in the LORD,

        when the LORD is our trust,

              life is incredibly different.

We can be responsive in drought

         because we are rooted in Him.

God does not just sustain us.

He bears fruit for all those around us.)

O LORD,

No matter where You have

     strategically placed us,

day by day,

        or season by season,

help us to be faithful to You.

May we send down our roots

       by trusting in You

               and abiding with You,

that our leaves would not just

             remain green,

but You would bear

     many kinds of fruit through us,

              far beyond our lifetimes.

Even that which generations to come

 will not know

             where it came from.