No Tree Can Grow There

 

But I am like

    a green olive tree

in the house of God.

I trust in the steadfast love

                 of God

forever and ever.

 

          Psalm 52. 8

(No matter the barren landscape,

the ongoing drought,

the dismal forecast,

the rocky soil,

we always walk differently

  when we trust God in this.

Taking root downward

    and bearing fruit upward,

still standing tall,

even as

    the most unlikely tree.

God sings His steadfast love

          and goodness over us,

even in what

     we don't understand,

not just surviving

   but thriving

with His strength, hope,

and a witness to others.)

O LORD,

It is not in us,

           but You.

Please grant us

            the courage

not just to act differently,

but respond to You

  in impossible situations.

May Your abiding in us

   be evident,

 life-giving

and beautiful as a shade tree

  in a barren place.

Help us to

     trust You so much,

it shows like that.