...and behold,

the staff of Aaron

      for the house of Levi

had sprouted

and put forth buds

and produced blossoms,

and it bore

              ripe almonds.

            Numbers 18. 8

(God bears fruit

      in impossible places.

God reveals Himself

   in incredible ways

         every day to us.

We miss out on most

      of His wonders,

 because we are

       looking for something else,

    and not seeking Him.

He is among us,

    He is working in and through us,

        and we don't realize it.)

O LORD,

If You can bear fruit

              through a stick,

what amazingly abundant,

   incredibly sustaining,

   absolutely astonishing fruit,

not can You produce in our lives,

but You can

    and You are already nurturing.

May we realize

         the seamless link

between faithfulness

              and fruitfulness.

You take an ordinary stick,

an ordinary day,

and bear Your extraordinary fruit.

Help us to trust You in this day,

to seek You even in the common,

help us to seize

    Your Presence through it.