Beauty in Barrenness

I was amazed to see these bright colors and even some green trees along river banks amidst this dusty, barren desert of Tucson.  It reminded me of a verse from Jeremiah 17: 7-8, "But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.  It does not fear when heat comes;  its leaves are always green.  It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."  May we daily send out our roots to the stream of living water found only in Christ.