I do. My yard is a disaster. I can’t keep it green. My sprinkler system is so old that it needs replaced and then I need a full time gardener to keep up with it. I have lots of yard by the way and I’m not lazy, maybe unqualified but not lazy.
My spiritual life can get that way. Very dry. I find for me that people have the greatest effect on me. There are people that give me life and energy and others that drain the very life out of me. Where do I go to get water? Today in my Life Journal it was the book of Isaiah. “And the Lord will continually guide you, and satisfy your desire in scorched places, and give strength to your bones; and you will be like a well watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.” I envy others gardens that are well watered and cared for. In the natural I have had a tough time realizing this for myself. But in the spiritual I have a God who encourages me to “cry out” and he will diligently care for me. This truth gives me hope.

My wife and I were setting outside last night enjoying a great summers eve here in Yakima. (Did you know Yakima is the greatest place on the face of the earth?) She was telling me about her trip to Mexico with some girl friends of hers. A couple of them are having some troubles in the lives and marriages. As she started to conclude she looked at me and said that as she listened and spent time away from me she realized what a great husband she had. Of course I agreed with her and told her “and don’t you forget it!” Actually I reminded her that what she really has is a man who is desperately in love with Jesus and it is the work of God in my life that has produced in me the things that are attractive to her. She agreed, (she knew me before I knew Jesus), and we continued to share the evening together. It was a good night. In my life journal reading this morning the New Testament reading is from 1 Peter 1 and the chapter closes with this Old Testament reminder “But The Word Of The Lord Endures Forever”. His promise from the Word is that we would have “life” and life to the “full”. As I reflect on my conversation with my wife I realized that His Word truly does “Endure”.