Dry does not equal barren
Okay, admit it, you just didn't think I'd be able to come up with any character trait for the letter "x"! Well, sorry to disappoint, but I actually do have one: Xerarch - the ability to grow in dry places. If the truth be told, many of us face those "dry places" in life much more than we do the really well-watered ones! Those "barren" places just don't look very promising when we are smack-dab in the middle of them, do they? In fact, the very word "barren" suggests "sterile" ground - unproductive, unfruitful. I challenge this idea, though. I think the barren places are the exact places God will choose to show his power in our lives! If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people’s sins, i f you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, y our lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. ...