are you walking through a drought in your life?
have all God's blessings dried up for you?
are you unsure about today?
are you in pain?
do you have a broken heart?
do you feel like God isn't listening anymore?
how good is your root system?
is your faith deep?
or are your roots in God shallow?
freshly planted?
any garden, too well tended, to well watered, too well blessed...
produces shallow roots...
things look well on top...
but under it all, where it really counts...
the root system is almost non existent...
the roots do not need to grow deep because the blessings of water is constant...
you have to let the soil dry out for many days before you water again...
so you produce long roots and stronger plants...
so when the storms come and the winds blow...
the plant survives...
it is not torn from the soil and tossed about...
to later die when the sun comes out again...
God sends droughts in our lives...
not to punish...
to make our roots longer...
stronger...
able to withstand the storms of life...
the heart ache...
the pain...
all the little dry spells he blesses us with are just getting us ready for the storm coming...
and sometime in our lives, there are going to be thunder storms...
but, if we plant our faith deep in Him...
and let our roots grow long and deep...
and we keep close to Him in our walk...
we will weather the storms...
and we will not be pulled from our faith...
nothing will shake us loose...
and he will send his blessings again...
and his love will shine brighter than before...
because everything you go through together brings you closer to Him...
if you are in a drought...
remember, He's not forgotten you...
He is making you stronger...
and He knows when you need the rain...
