Their leaves will not wither,

nor their fruit fail,

but they will

bear fresh fruit every month,

because the water for them

flows from the sanctuary.

Their fruit will be for food,

and their leaves

              for healing.

            Ezekiel 47. 12

(This is how

our lives should be

for the well being and

sustenance of others,

for beauty,

for the bearing of

           fresh fruit

     of every kind,

for healing,

and for His glory

  wherever we are planted.

We are nourished

  and continually filled

  by the flowing of the Spirit,

the living water

         from the sanctuary.

Our lives

  should look very very

                different,

bearing fruit

       even in drought,

even in unexpected places.)

O LORD,

Fill us by Your Spirit,

sustain us by Your Word

     Your Strength,

and Your victory

even in the unexplainable,

even in what

    we cannot yet know.

Help us to bless others

       in some way today

that points them to You.

Help us to bless You

   in whatever we do

   and how we do it.

May You bear fruit

  through our lives.