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11/29/11 My breath prayer today comes from Isaiah 40:8, "The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever." In this time of drought, I have seen the dry grass, the fading flowers. Even trees are dying. It is more than the usual fall slowing down of plant life. Many plants are giving up. The lack of water has finally done them in.

However, there are some plants left standing. The mighty oaks trees, some hundreds of years old in the park behind our house have withstood such challenges before. They continue to thrive.

We realized how fragile life is...how fragile each one of us and all of humanity is...how fragile our ecosystem is. We wither and fade, but God's word will stand forever. May we stand secure in that hope.

Love,
Lynn