After reading a post by Cindy Crosby on winter prairie delights, I realized that here in Ojai, we are in a very non-prairie environment. It's a mountain valley environment. With the severe drought, the dryness is easy to see. So much 'deadness'. The silent branches speak loudly because there are so many. Whole mountainsides. Entire meadows. A reservoir/lake that has watermarks 80 ft above current water levels. Marks clearly visible on the mountainsides that used to be underwater. I'm reminded of how scripture describes creation as groaning for the touch of Christ that will bring it to full Glory. I can almost hear the groan.
Yet this month we are above normal in rainfall. The yet-living plants are quick to respond. Green grasses, that beautiful bright spring green. Trees turning a deeper green. Roadside flowers budding anew. New blades of grass growing in the middle of dead ones. The landscape seems to shout HOPE!
Lord, help my often parched soul yearn for your Living Water. My hope will not be in vain.
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